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IN  COMMEMORATION  OF  THE  BELATED 

CENTENARY    ANNIVERSARY 

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CONSE(  RATION  OF  THE  FIRST  PARISH  CHURCH 

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FOREWORD 

SO  very  many  persons  have  willingly  aided  in  this  com- 
pilation that  it  seems  best  to  omit  all  names  of  those 
to  whom  our  thanks  are  due,  except  those  of  Dr. 
Ashton,  who  prepared  most  of  the  historical  sketch  of  the  par- 
ish in  anticipation  of  the  Centenary,  and  of  Mrs.  George 
Crapser  Briggs,  who  served  many  hours  as  amanuensis. 

Also  as  this  booklet  is  but  a  compilation  for  the  preserving 
in  convenient  form  of  historical  data  of  interest,  sources  of 
such  data  have  been  freely  drawn  upon  without  acknowledg- 
ment, or  the  use  of  quotation  marks. 

E.  P.  Newton. 
Hyde  Park 

February,  1913. 


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HISTORICAL   NOTES   OF   SAINT 
JAMES   PARISH 

HYDE  PARK-ON-HUDSON  NEW  YORK 


FOR  its  first  foundation  the  parish  is  indebted  to  the 
zeal  and  liberality  of  Samuel  Hani,  MIX,  LL.D.,  Presi- 
dent of  the  College  of  Physicians  and  Surgeons,  New 
York  City,  seconded  by  the  efforts  <>f  General  Morgan  Lewis, 
sometime  Governor  of  the  State,  and  a  son  of  Francis  Lewis, 
one  of  the  signers  of  the  Declaration  of  Independence,  with 
the    cooperation    of     Judge    Nathaniel     Pendleton,    of    Judge 

John  Johnston,  and  others.  Dr.  Bard's  biographer  says:  "In 
the  >ear  1811,  circumstances  favoring  its  establishment,  the 

church  of  Saint  James  at  Hyde  Park  \va-  erected,  of  which 
Dr.  Hard  was  the  founder,  a  term  of  distinction,  not  perhaps, 
strictly  applicable,  l>ut  morally  just,  as  being  the  individual 
to  whose  unwearied  exertions,  and  superior  liberality,  its  suc- 
cess is  to  be  attributed."  Of  his  <,dfts  for  this  enterprise  he 
was  wont  to  say  "No  equal  expenditure  of  money  has  ever 
yielded  me  SO  la  rue  an  interest." 


Historical    Notes  of 


The  names  of  the  contributors  to  the  building  fund  are 
herewith  given. 

SUBSCRIPTION  LIST 

(See  plates  following  page  16  for  reproduction  of  original  paper.) 
THE  NAMES  HAVE   BEEX   REORDERED  ALPHABETICALLY 

We,  the  Subscribers,  promise  to  contribute  towards  Building 
an  Episcopal  Church  at  Hyde  Park,  in  Duchess  County,  the 
sums  of  money,  services,  etc.,  annexed  to  our  names. 


Ames,  Henry 
Bard,  William 
Bard,  Samuel 
Bard,  Sarah 

Barton,  Sarah  (de  Normandie) 
Aunt  to  Mrs.  Samuel  Bard 
Brahman,  Cyrus 
Broome,  William 
Bush,  Jacob 
Cruger,  Henry 
De  Cantillon,  Richard 
De  Cantillon,  Tobias 
Duer,  William,  Alexander 
Dutton,  Titus 

Gillespie,  George  de  Normandie 
Gillies,  David  G. 
Hedding,  Samuel 
Hughes,  Christopher,  2d 
Hutehins,  Baron  Steuben 
Hyde,  Christopher 
Hyde,  Lemuel 
Johnston,  John 
Lewis,  Morgan* 
Livingston,  James  Duane 


McClelland,  Alexander 

McViekar,  John 

Mead,  Samuel 

Muirson,  Magdalena  (Bard) 

Sister  to  Dr.  Samuel  Bard 
Mulford,  David 
Pendleton,  Nathaniel 
Phillips,  Andrew 
Post,  Jotham 
Progue,  George 
Ring,  Louis 
Robinson,  Samuel 
Russell,  Isaac 
Rymph,  John 
Selkrigg,  John 
Sherrill,  Hunting 
Spencer,  Reuben 
Stevenson,  Timothy 
Stoutenburgh, Isaac 
Stoutenburgh,  Tobias  L. 
Whiley,  R. 
Wickes,  Silas 
Wright,  L. 


These  persons  contributed  a  sum  total  of  $L2,57(5.75,  which 
left  a  deficit  of  about  $125.00  on  the  bills  for  construction. 
This  was  promptly  raised  and  the  building  was  clear  of  in- 
cumbrance, ready  for  Consecration. 

The  first  building  was  of  brick  and  stone,  stuccoed  and  paint- 
ed yellow,  with  a  short  square  battlemented  tower  at  the  west 

•General  Lewis,  in  addition  to  his  cash  subscription  conveyed  the  title 
to  a  j>ew  in  eld  Saint  Pauls  Church,  New  York. 


CONSECRATED   MAY  29,  1811,    ASSISTANT  TO  THE  BISHOP  01 

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S.  James  Church  5 

end.  The  walls  within  were  whitewashed,  and  there  were 
three  windows  on  either  side  of  the  church,  filled  with  small 
diamond  panes  of  clear  glass,  no  stained  glass  having  been 
used  in  this  old  building.  Two  of  these  windows  remain  in  the 
present  church  near  the  door.  There  was  one  aisle,  six  feet 
wide,  marbled  in  blocks.  Sometime  later  through  the  influence 
of  Dr.  Hosack,  who  bought  "Hyde  Park"  in  18-26,  the  pews 
were  rearranged  and  two  aisles  made,  which  is  shown  in  our 
cut,  reproducing  a  paper  dated  1837.*  The  chancel  was  one 
step  higher  than  the  floor,  and  was  furnished,  after  the  manner 
of  that  day,  now  happily  forgotten  except  by  some  older  mem- 
bers of  this  generation,  with  "the  triple  decker,"  a  high  pulpit 
reached  by  stairways  on  either  side,  a  reading  desk  in  front 
below  it  on  the  second  level,  and  still  below,  the  communion 
table.  The  kneeling  cushions,  hangings  and  altar  cloth  were 
all  of  crimson  damask.  The  west  end  organ  toft,  where  was  a 
small  melodeon  loaned  by  Bliss  Johnston,  who  herself  volun- 
teered to  serve  as  organist,  was  reached  by  a  stairway  from  the 
vestibule  to  the  tower. 

The  church  was  heated  by  two  wood  stoves  at  cither  end  of 
the  building,  the  pipes  of  which  ran  into  huge  drums  supported 
on  iron  rods  fastened  upon  the  tops  of  the  pews. 

Such  is  the  quaint  picture  of  Saint  James  Church  as  it  st 1 

when  consecrated,  and  as  it  appears  in  our  photograph  taken 
years  later  with  the  changes  of  time  apparent  in  the  growth 
of  trees  and  other  features  of  the  surroundings. 

On  Thursday,  October  10,  1811, t  TheRt.  Rev.  John  Henry 
Hobart,  D.D.,  Bishop  of  New  York,  consecrated  the  church 

♦See  among  plates  following  page  16. 

fNoTE — On  assuming  duty  as  Rector  of  the  parish  I  read 
the  article  in  the  Poughkcepsie  Courier  of  October  8,  1912, 
which  States  thai  the  Consecration  took  place  on  Oct.  1-2,  1811, 
and  Dr.  M<  \  ickar's  Ordination  on  the  13.  This  statement, 
I  learn,  was  based  on  some  notes  of  1870,  or  thereabouts,  and  I 
accepted  it  as  fact,  and  the  Anniversary  was  observed  on  those 
dates  October  12,  and  13,  191-2 — happily  so  observed  as  it  gave 
a  Saturday  and  Sunday  for  the  celebration.  Delving  over 
parish  archives  in  preparation  for  this  book,  Bishop  Hobart 's 
letter  of  Consecration,  which  follows,  was  brought  to  light 
and  the  first  intimation  of  an  error  gained. 


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building,  and  upon  the  following  day,  Friday,  the  eleventh,  he 
Ordered  Deacon,  in  the  new  church,  John  MeVickar,  son-in- 
law  of  Dr.  Bard,  who  became  the  first  ministerof  the  congrega- 
tion. His  salary  of  two  hundred  and  fifty  dollars  was  appar- 
ently paidin  a  lump  sum  on  January  first. 

"Be  it  known  that  I,  John  Henry  Hobart,  D.D.,  Bishop 
Assistant  of  the  Protestant  Episcopal  Church,  in  the  State 
of  New  York,  bave,  on   this  tenth  day  of  October,  m  the 

year  of  our  Lord,  one  thousand  eight  hundred  and  eleven, 
duly  consecrated  a  building  erected  at  Hyde  Park,  in  the 
town  of  Clinton  and  County  of  Dutchess,  by  the  name  of 
S  James  Church;  separating  it  henceforth  from  all  un- 
hallowed, ordinary  and  common  uses,  and  dedicating  it  to 
the  service  of  Almighty  God.  for  reading  His  holy  word, 
for  celebrating  His  holy  sacraments,  for  offering  to  His 
glorious  majesty  the  sacrifices  of  prayer  and  thanksgiving, 
for  blessing  the  people  in  His  name,  and  for  the  perform- 
ance of  all  other  holy  offices;  according  to  the  use  of  the 
Protestant  Episcopal  Church  in  the  United  States  of 
America. 

In  witness  whereof,  I  have  hereunder  subscribed  my  hand 
this  10th  day  of  October,  in  the  year  of  our  Lord,  one 
thousand  eight  hundred  and  eleven." 

John  Henry  Hobart, 
Bishop  Assistant  of  the  Protestant  Episcopal  Church 

in  the  State  of  New  York. 


The  following  contemporary  evidence  from  The  Church- 
man's Magazine  for  October,  1811,  p  337, confirms  the  letter: 

"On  Thursday,  the  tenth  of  October,  the  Church  lately  erect- 
ed  at  Byde-Park,  near  Poughkeepsie,  the  residence  of  Dr.  Sam- 
uel Bard,  was  consecrated  by  the  name  of  Saint  James  Church. 
The  service  of  consecration  was  performed  by  the  Right  ttev. 
Bishop  Hobart;  after  which  morning  prayer  was  read  by  the 
Rev  Mr  Prentis,  of  At  liens,  and  a  sermon  preached  by  the 
Rev!  Mr.  Reed,  of  Poughkeepsie.  This  Church  is  a  stone 
edifice  fifty  by  thirty  feet  on  the  inside;  it  is  unusually  neat 
and  simple  in  its  appearance,  and  does  great  credit  to  the  taste 
and  zeal  of  the  families  at  whose  expense  it  has  been  erected. 
The  succeeding  day,  October  eleventh,  there  was  divine  ser- 


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FA<    SIMILE  OF   BISHOP  HOBART'S  LETTER  OF  CONSECRATION. 


S.  J  a  m  e  s  ('  h  u  rch  7 

Prior  to  this  time  those  who  formed  the  new  congregation 
were  communicants  in  old  Christ  Church,  Poughkeepsie,  and 
at  the  date  of  its  organization  it  was  the  only  parish  on  the 
east  hank  of  the  Hudson  for  a  considerable  distance  above 
Poughkeepsie.  There  were  sixteen  resident  communicants 
before  the  establishment  of  the  parish,  to  wit: 

Samuel  Bard  Mary  (Bard)  Hani 

John  Johnston  Magdalena  (Bard)  Muirson 

William  Hani  Catharine   Cruger)  Bard 

Patrick  Macartney  Susan    Bard    Pendleton 

Sarah    de  Normandie)  Barton  Nancy    Hani    Pierce 

Susan  'Hani1  Johnston  Betsy  Macartney 

Sarah  Hani  Gertrude    Livingston)  Lewis 

Eliza  (Bard)  McVickar  Margarel    Lewis    Livingston 

These  formed  a  considerable  nucleus  for  the  development 
of  parochial  life. 

On  Wednesday,  September  ?,  181  t.  Bishop  Hobart,  Insti- 
tuted as  Rector,  the  Rev.  John  McVickar,  and  confirmed  twen- 
ty-eight persons.  In  1817  thirty-one  were  confirmed,  and  in 
1819  thirty-three,  so  increasing  the  roll  of  communicants  in 
the  parish.     Parochial  growth  was  steady  and  wholesome. 

The  fir-t  steps  were  taken  before  any  formal  parochial  or- 
ganization was  made.  Upon  Easter  Monday,  March  30, 
18H,  the  first  official  meeting  of  the  congregation  was  held, 
when  "It  was  unanimously  resolved  thai  Saint  James  Church 
at  Hyde  Park  should  be  the  name  by  which  the  said  church  or 
Congregation  should  in  future  be  known  in  law".  The  ques- 
tion has  sometimes  been  raised  whether  the  dedication  were  to 

Saint  .lames,  the  m>ii  of  Zebedee,  or  to  Saint  James  the  Le>>; 
whether  the  artist  who  designed  the  chancel  window,  ami  gave 
to  the  figured  saint  a  club,  which  is  the  symbol  of  the  latter, 

vice  and  a  sermon  in  the  Church,  and  an  ordination,  when  Mr. 
John  McVickar,  juii.,  was  admitted  by  the  Bishop  to  the  holy 
order  of  Deacons." 

In  the  "Life  of  John  McVickar"  the  error  in  the  date  of  the 
consecration  is  also  found,  and  to  this  source  may  possibly  be 
traced  the  mistake  of  1870,  which  we  unwittingly  continued. 

E.  P.  Newton. 


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did  so  under  instruction  or  of  his  own  artistic  choice.  The 
following  statement  seems  conclusive  "He  (Dr.  Bard)  looked 
upon  Christianity  as  a  living  fountain  of  good  works,  and  se- 
lected the  name  of  Saint  James  for  that  of  the  church  he  found- 
ed, in  reference  to  the  great  practical  principle  that  Evange- 
lic lays  down,  that  'faith  without  words  is  dead'." 

At   this  meeting  the  following   persons  were   unanimously 
elected  as  Church  Wardens  and  Vestrymen. 

Samuel  Bard    |Wardens 
Morgan  Lewis  J 
John  Johnston 
Nathaniel  Pendleton 
William  Broome 

William  Bard  Vestrymen 

Christopher  Hughes,  2d 

James  Duane  Livingston 

Titus  Dutton 

William  Alexander  Duer 

The  parish  was  admitted  into  union  with  the  Convention  of 
the  Diocese  of  New  York  on  October  0,  1812;  Dr.  Samuel 
Bard  and  Nathaniel  Pendleton  being  its  first  lay  delegates. 

Dr.  MeViekar  resigned  November  10,  1817,  to  accept  a 
Professorship  in  Columbia  College. 

On  June  5,  1818,  the  Rev.  David  Brown  was  elected  to  suc- 
ceed Dr.  MeViekar  as  rector.  He  was  instituted  October  14, 
1819,  and  resigned  in  February  1823.  In  1820  the  flagon, 
chalice  and  patten,  which  are  still  in  use  for  the  Holy  Commu- 
nion, were  presented  by  the  women  of  the  parish,  and  in  1826 
the  congregation  gave  the  silver  alms  basin. 

On  February  2,  1824,  the  Rev.  Samuel  Roosevelt  Johnson, 
then  a  deacon,  was  elected  to  minister  to  the  congregation,  and 
by  this  act  of  its  vestry  Saint  James  became  the  first  parish 
of  one  of  the  saints  of  the  American  Church.  He  was  ordained 
priest  by  Bishop  Hobart  in  Saint  James  Church,  August  1, 
1S27,  and  thereupon  became  rector.  He  resigned  the  rector- 
ship on  October  10,  1833. 


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The  first  Sunday  school  records  which  have  been  preserved 
are  of  this  period,  and  show  an  interest  and  activity  which  may 
well  quicken  the  spirit  of  emulation  in  parishioners  today. 
(See  Appendix.) 

The  following  account  of  the  Sunday  school  is  given  during 
those  years  of  Dr.  Johnson's  administration: 

"The  Sunday  school  was  kept  from  May  to  November,  com- 
mencing at  3  p.  m.,  continuing  until  5  p.  in.,  when  it  was  fol- 
lowed by  the  afternoon  service  and  sermon." 

About  this  time  Dr.  Hosack  presented  to  the  church  a  silver 
baptismal  bowl,  which  it  was  the  custom  to  stand  upon  the 
altar  rail.  When  a  marble  font  was  presented  to  the  church 
in  1840,  this  silver  bowl  was  converted  into  ;i  second  chalice 
to  correspond  with  the  one  given  in  1820. 

About  the  year  1838,  Dr.  Johnson  caused  a  school  house  to 
be  erected  in  the  village,  aboul  three-fourths  of  a  mile  from  the 
parish  church,  and  in  April,  1834,  he  presented  the  building  and 
the  lot  on  which  it  stood  to  the  parish,  and  t hi-.  as  we  shall 
see,  became  the  site  of  the  present  chapel.  Miss  Susan  Mary 
Bard,  who  died  in  1831,  left  in  trust  two  thousand  dollars,  the 
interest  of  which  was  to  be  paid  to  the  rector  towards  the 
maintenance  of  an  infanl  school  which  was  held  here  for  many 
years. 

In  June,  183,3,  the  first  rectory  of  S.  James  was  built,  ad- 
joining the  church. 

Dr.  McVickar  made  his  home  on  his  private  estate  on  the 
river  bank.  Inning  built  a  home  tor  hi-  bride,  Eliza  Bard,  which 
was  styled  "Inwood"  (now  the  home  of  Hon.  P.  6.  Landon, 
which  he  has  called  "Mansewood"  in  commemoration  of  the 
fact  that  it  was  the  residence  of  the  first  rector).  Later  he 
occupied  a  cottage  opposite  the  church. 

Dr.  Brown,  during  his  rectorship,  was  also  a  professor  at 
Dr.  Benjamin  Allen's  Classical  School,  which  stood  south  of 
the  village,  on  ground  now  owned  by  Mr.  Archibald  Rogers,  and 
made  his  home  there. 

Dr.  Johnson  lived  at  Red  House,  which  was  built  by  Dr. 
John  Bard,  father  of  Samuel,  and  stood  in  the  meadow  just 
north  of  the  church.     This  house  was  recently  torn  down. 


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The  rectory  was  built  for  the  Rev.  Reuben  Sherwood,  D.D., 
who  entered  upon  his  duties  as  rector  on  Easter  Sunday,  1835, 
and  remained  in  that  office  until  his  death,  Whitsunday,  1856. 
It  stood  north  of  and  facing  the  church,  with  the  gable  end 
towards  Albany  avenue,  or  Broadway. 

In  1839  Judge  John  Johnston  gave  the  parish  a  folio  edition 
of  the  Prayer  Book  "Printed  by  Hugh  Gaine,  at  the  Bible, 
Hanover  Square,  by  direction  of  the  General  Convention  of 
1789";  and  a  folio  Lectern  Bible  which  has  been  in  use  until 
the  present  date,  and  from  it  future  rectors,  yet  unborn,  may 
read  in  years  to  come,  as  it  shows  today  very  few  signs  of  age. 
The  Prayer  Book  is  brought  out  and  used  on  notable  occa- 
sions. 

In  1840  the  parish  received  a  gift  of  the  marble  font  which 
bears  the  inscription,  "The  Eighth  National  Guard  of  the 
City  of  New  York,  H.  C.  Shumway,  Commanding,  to  the  Con- 
gregation of  Saint  James  Church,  Hyde  Park,  in  Commemora- 
tion of  their  visit  July  4th,  1840",  and  in  notes  to  a  sermon 
preached  from  1  Tim.  6:12,  by  Dr.  Sherwood  before  the  com- 
pany on  Sunday,  July  5,  is  found  the  statement  "Mr.  R.  E. 
Launitz,  the  artist,  preceded  with  the  font  one  day  the  com- 
pany, and  with  a  zeal  surpassed  only  by  his  skill  set  it  himself 
in  its  present  place."  In  the  archives  of  the  parish  is  preserved 
this  letter: 

New  York,  June  30th,  1840. 

To  the  Rector,  Wardens  and  Vestrymen  of 
S.  James  Church,  Hyde  Park. 

Gentlemen:  The  members  of  the  8th  National  Guard  of 
this  city,  ever  mindful  of  past  favors,  and  who  are  as  ready  to 
give  as  they  are  to  receive,  have  unanimously  agreed  to  pre- 
sent, through  you,  to  the  congregation  of  S.  James  Church  a 
Baptismal  Font,  as  a  slight  testimonial  of  their  esteem  for  the 
inhabitants  of  your  place  generally,  and  in  commemoration  of 
their  third  visit  to  your  hospitable  town,  on  the  anniversary 
of   our   nation's  birthday.     The  undersigned  therefore,  being 


THE  «>i.D   RECTORY. 


SAINT  MARGARETS  CHURCH,  STAATSBURGH. 


PUBLIC     LIBRAE 


LCNOX  and 

■ON.. 


S.  James  Church  11 

constituted  a  committee,  on  behalf  of  the  company,  to  carry 
out  their  design,  respectfully  tender  to  your  congregation  the 
accompanying  Baptismal  Font  to  be  placed  in  S.  James 
Church,  Hyde  Park,  and  ask  your  acceptance  of  the  same. 

Yours  respectfully, 

H.  C.  Shumway 
John  Ormxjnd 
Wm.  A.  Darling 
Henry  Beers 
Horatio  N.  Squire 
Robt.  E.  Launitz 
P.  Crerab 

Mr.  B.  B.  Dobba  remembers  as  a  boy  attending  a  target 
contest  during  the  encampment,  and  seeing  Dr.  Sherwood 
present  to  the  winner  a  new  musket. 

Colonel  Daniel  Appleton  in  ;i  letter  dated  New  York,  No- 
vember 20,  1912,  states  thai  "Company  II.  or  the  Eighth 
Company  (7th  Regimenl  X.  (J.  N.  V.)  has  had  a  continuous 
existence  since  1826,  and  became  the  Eighth  Company  when 
mustered  in  the  27th  Regimenl  now  the  Seventh".  From  the 
records  of  the  7lh  Regimenl  he  quotes:  "In  1887  the  Eighth 
Company  visited  Hyde  Park  on  July  15  and  spenl  a  pleas- 
ant week  in  thai  delightful  locality.  During  thai  time  it 
visited  Poughkeepsie  by  invitation,  and  was  hospitably  enter- 
tained by  the  military  and  citizens  of  thai  place;  and  in  1840 
on  the  afternoon  of  July  I,  the  Eighth  Company  visited  Hyde 
Park  for  pleasure  ami  military  improvement.  With  a  daily 
drill,  occasional  target  practice,  rides  and  rambles  through  the 
surrounding  country,  and  an  interchange  of  hospitalities  with 
the  people  of  the  vicinity,  the  week  passed  pleasantly  at  Hyde 
Park.  The  company  presented  to  the  church  at  that  place 
an  elegant  marble  font,  as  a  token  of  its  appreciation  of  the 
uniform  kindness  which  the  people  of  that  delightful  locality 
had  extended  to  its  officers  and  members  on  this  and  on  for- 
mer occasions." 

In  1843  it  was  found  that  tin'  church  needed  a  new  roof  and 


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other  repairs.  Upon  examination,  it  was  discovered  that  the 
walla  were  unsafe,  and  a  committee,  appointed  to  report,  ad- 
vised  taking  the  building  down  and  erecting  a  new  one. 

Therefore,  a  new  and  enlarged  church  was  built  on  the  site 
of  the  old  one  in  1844,  half  of  the  expense  being  borne  by  Mr. 
Augustus  Thomas  Cowman,  who  therefore,  at  this  time,  ser- 
ved the  parish  much  as  Dr.  Bard  did  at  its  founding,  with  de- 
voted zeal  and  liberality,  personally  superintending  the  work. 
Mr.  ( lowman  made  a  trip  to  Europe,  which  was  not  the  simple 
matter  in  1843  that  it  is  today,  to  study  church  architecture 
in  preparation  for  the  contemplated  work. 

During  the  process  of  building,  services  were  held  in  the 
rectory. 

It  was  at  this  time  (1844)  that  the  Gothic  revival  was  at 
its  height  in  this  country,  and  the  black  walnut  ceiling  with 
open  timbered  roof,  is  one  of  the  finest  specimens  extant  of 
that  work  in  America. 

Mrs.  Curtis  gave  two  stained  glass  windows,  not  memorials, 
at  the  time  of  this  rebuilding,  and  the  plain  red,  yellow  and 
purple  stained  glass,  which  was  used  for  the  other  window-, 
was  some  left  over  from  the  windows  of  the  Church  of  the  As- 
cension, New  York  city,  and  was  given  by  that  church  to  S. 
James.  Two  of  these  now  remain,  the  others  having  been 
displaced  by  memorial  windows. 

The  new  edifice,  barring  some  of  its  furnishings  and  deco- 
rations, was  completed  as  we  see  it  today,  and  services  held 
in  it  the  last  of  November,  1844.  It  was  said  at  this  time 
that  there  were  twenty  more  families  in  the  parish  than  the 
church  could  hold.  It  was  consecrated  by  Bishop  DeLan- 
cey,  of  Western  New  York,  on  the  Feast  of  Saint  Michael 
and  All  Angels,  September  29,  1846. 

The  striking  feature  of  Dr.  Sherwood's  rectorhip  is  the  mis- 
sionary spirit.  It  was  manifested  in  the  organization  of  the 
church  of  the  Holy  Apostles,  Clinton,  ten  miles  northeast  of 
Hyde  Park,  and  his  labours  there  brought  into  the  ministry 
of  the  Church  the  Rev.  Albert  D.  Traver,  who  was  successively 
Assistant  Minister  in  All  Saints  Church,  New  York;  Mission- 
ary at  Esopus,  Ulster  County;  and  at  Clinton,  Duchess  Coun- 


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ty,  and  from  1846  to  1866  a  devoted  and  beloved  Rector  of 
S.  Pauls  Church,  Poughkeepsie.  Dr.  Sherwood  also  conduct- 
ed evening  services  in  Staatsburgh,  four  miles  north  of  Hyde 
Park,  in  the  home  of  Isaac  Russell,  the  postmaster.  Later  the 
waiting-room  of  the  railway  station  was  used. 

In  1858  the  frame  chapel  in  Staatsburg,  originally  used  by 
any  body  of  Christians,  was  built  through  the  liberality  of 
Mrs.  Margaret  (Lewis)  Livingston,  and  others. 

On  Thursday,  February  10,  1848,  by  invitation  of  Dr.  Sher- 
wood, there  met  in  the  old  rectory  seven  of  the  clergy,  who  "did 
then  and  there,  taking  into  consideration  the  state  of  the 
Church  in  Duchess  County,  resolve  themselves  into  a  meeting 
for  extending  the  influence  of  the  Church",  and  the  Archdea- 
conry of  Duchess  was  born. 

The  Rev.  Horace  Stringfcllow  succeeded  Dr.  Sherwood  in 
18.56.  His  rectorship  covered  a  period  of  less  than  four  years; 
but  in  that  time  Saint  James  Chapel  was  built  on  the  school 
lot  given  by  Dr.  Johnson,  adjoining  the  school  building.  One 
writes:  "I  remember  that  my  mother  was  much  interested  in 
the  Chapel  in  Hyde  Park  to  which  she  regularly  walked  every 
Sunday  afternoon,  with  her  three  children  ahead  of  her,  and 
this  after  attending  the  morning  service  at  the  church.  Those 
were  good  old  days,  when  the  Sundays  were  not  kept  as  they 
are  now,  and  I  look  back  on  them  with  affection." 

The  school  building  became  a  Sunday  school  and  guild 
room,  and  a  free  reading  room,  in  which  is  quartered  a  circula- 
ting library  free  to  all  village  folk.  The  reading  room  was  sup- 
ported for  many  years  by  Mr.  Walter  Langdon,  Jr.,  and  is  now 
maintained  by  Mrs.  Frederick  W.  Vanderbilt,  while  the  library 
has  Mrs.  James  Roosevelt  for  its  patron. 

On  August  1,  1860,  the  Rev.  James  S.  Purdy,  D.D.,  became 
rector.  His  first  wife  was  Miss  Susan  Bard  Johnson,  the 
daughter  of  a  former  rector,  connected  by  blood  with  the  early 
families,  which  made  the  choice  doubly  a  happy  one.  He  re- 
signed September  30,  1876,  because  of  ill  health.  In  1871  the 
stone  font  was  set  up  in  the  chapel,  and  in  1874  the  brass  eagle 
lectern  was  given  to  the  church  and,  presumably,  also  at  this 
time  the  white  marble  altar,  gifts  of    Mr.  and  Mrs.  Walter 


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Langdon,  Jr.,  who  also  bore  the  expense  of  redecorating  the 
church,  and  recarpeted  church  and  vestry  room  on  the  occasion 
of  the  wedding  of  a  niece  Miss  Emily  A.  Kane  to  Augustus  Jay, 
October  3,  1870.  One  volume  of  vestry  records  has  been  lost 
which  makes  accurate  statement  difficult.  It  is  interesting  to 
note  that  the  carpets  served  for  thirty-six  years,  until  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Archibald  Rogers  laid  new  ones  for  the  wedding  of  a 
daughter  Miss  Ellen  Habersham  Rogers  to  Kenneth  Baker 
Schley,  June  8, 1912. 

Another  item  of  interest  is  the  following  note  from  vestry 
records  of  April  14,  1896  "Thanks  of  the  Vestry  were  extended 
to  the  Rev.  Dr.  Greer  for  his  donation  of  hassocks  for  the  church." 
S.  Bartholomews  was  doubtless  getting  new  ones.  They  are 
still  in  use  and  serviceable. 

The  Rev.  Philander  Kinney  Cady  followed  Dr.  Purdy, 
having  been  instituted  as  rector  October  1,  1876,  and  serving 
the  parish  until  1887. 

The  work  in  Staatsburgh  having  grown,  it  became  necessary 
to  have  a  curate  in  charge  thereof,  and  the  Rev.  Charles  Lancas- 
ter Short  was  the  first,  serving  from  June,  1876,  to  June,  1880. 
He  was  followed  by  the  Rev.  Francis  J.  Clayton,  July,  1880, 
until  December,  1881,  wdien  the  Rev.  George  W.  Sinclair  Ayres 
(now  Archdeacon  of  Buffalo),  took  up  the  work  on  January  1, 
1882,  continuing  therein  until  January,  1884.  It  was  during 
Mr.  Ayres'  ministry  that  the  mission  was  organized  as  a  parish 
on  April  lo,  1882,  and  called  Saint  Margarets  Church. 

The  frame  chapel  built  in  1858  was  consecrated  April  24, 
1882,  by  the  Rt.  Rev.  Horatio  Potter,  D.D.,  Bishop  of  the 
Diocese,  Dr.  Cady  preaching  the  sermon;  and  the  parish  was 
admitted  into  union  with  the  Diocesan  Convention  in  Septem- 
ber of  that  year. 

The  rectors  of  this  flourishing  daughter  of  Saint  James  have 
been. 

The  Rev.  Thomas  Lafayette  Cole,  1884-89  and  1898-1902. 

The  Rev.  Pierre  McDonald  Bleecker,  1889-1897. 

The  Rev.  Charles  Henry  Duncan,  1902,  and  still  incumbent. 

The  cornerstone  of  the  new  stone  church  was  laid  by  the 
Rt.  Rev.  Henry  Codman  Potter,  D.D.,  on  May  27,  1891;  and 


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the  frame  building  has  been  converted  into  a  reading  room  for 
general  use  of  the  village.  The  new  church  was  consecrated 
October  4,  1898,  by  Bishop  Potter. 

During  Dr.  Cady's  rectorate  the  beautiful  Lych  Gate, 
copied  from  one  at  Saint  Marys  Church  near  Torquay,  England, 
was  erected  atthe  entrance  to  the  grounds  of  Saint  James  Chapel. 

In  1885  organs  were  given  by  Mr.  Walter  Langdon  for  both 
chapel  and  church,  the  latter  being  in  memory  of  his  wife, 
Catherine  Livingston. 

In  1887  the  Rev.  Richmond  Herbert  Gesner  became  rector 
and  after  a  ministry  of  three  years  he  was  succeeded  by  the 
Rev.  Amos  Turner  Ashton,  who  remained  in  office  from  August 
2,  1891,  till  the  time  of  his  death,  Epiphany,  1911. 

The  "old  rectory,"  as  it  is  always  familiarly  called,  was  in 
such  serious  condition  at  the  time  of  Dr.  Ashton's  election, 
that  the  new  rector  took  up  his  residence  in  the  Livingston 
house  on  Park  Place — a  fine  old  colonial  house  with  extensive 
grounds. 

This  house  was  bought  chiefly  through  the  generosity  of 
Messrs.  Archibald  Rogers  and  Elbridge  T.  Gerry,  vestrymen, 
in  1895,  and  is  the  present  rectory,  the  old  one  having  been  torn 
down  in  April,  1893. 

In  1894  cellars  were  dug  under  both  chapel  and  reading  room 
proper  foundations  laid,  and  the  property  generally  renovated 
at  considerable  expense.  Dr.  Ashton  took  an  active  part  in 
missionary  and  diocesan  affairs,  so  that  the  influence  of  his 
ability  and  character  were  far  reaching.  No  mention  has 
been  made  of  the  good  done  by  the  wives  and  families  of  the 
rectors,  and  yet  the  part  played  in  the  homes  of  the  village 
in  kind  ministry  of  cheer  and  comfort  and  help  of  such  women 
as  Mrs.  Ashton,  Miss  Purdy,  the  second  Mrs  Purdy,  Miss 
Sherwood  and  others  has  been  a  large  factor  in  parish  life 

SOME  STATISTICS 

from  October,  1811,  to  October,  1911. 

Baptisms 1605 

Confirmations 7^9 

Marriages 189 

Burials 944 


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The  first  Baptism  is  that  of  Sarah  Barton,*  infant  daughter 
of  .John  de  Normandie  and   Susan   Maria  (Bedford)  Gillespie. 

Among  the  early  records  it  is  interesting  to  note  the  number 
of  slaves  baptized,  most  of  the  old  families  in  1811  and  the 
following  years  owning  slaves,  and  (heir  emancipation  coming 
gradually. f     These  freedmen  have  all  moved  away. 

It  is  exceedingly  difficult  to  gauge  spiritual  forces.  How- 
great  a  part  the  church,  its  ministries  and  Sacraments  played 
in  the  moulding  of  life  and  character  during  the  hundred  years 
past,  and  what  influence  those  lives  and  characters  exerted  in 
the  affairs  of  town,  and  county,  and  state  and  nation  we 
may  not  specifically  and  confidently  affirm,  but  our  confidence 
that  they  were  manifold  and  great  is  none  the  less  sure.  It 
would  be  an  interesting  study  to  follow  the  lives  of  those  bap- 
tized and  given  Christian  nurture  in  Saint  James  parish,  and 
to  note  their  fruits.  This  work  the  angels  of  God  have  done, 
and  we  must  rest  in  the  hope  of  knowing  something  of  it  after 
death. 

*She  was  an  elder  sister  of  the  Rt.  Rev.  George  de  Norman- 
die Gillespie,  the  first  Bishop  of  the  diocese  of  Western  Michi- 
gan. The  Bard  and  de  Normandie  families  in  the  genera- 
tion of  the  parents  of  Dr.  Samuel  and  Mrs.  Bard  were  doubly 
related  a  brother  and  sister  marrying  sister  and  brother.  The 
babe  was  named  for  a  great-great  aunt  Sarah  de  Normandie 
who  married  the  Rev.  Mr.  Barton,  who  in  later  life  lived  with 
Dr.  Bard.     She  married  Oswald  Cammann  of  New  York. 

fNoTE — In  looking  up  the  question  of  slavery  in  the  State 
of  New  York  I  find  that  slaves  were  recognized  by  law  in  New 
York  in  1050,  and  that  along  about  the  time  of  the  Revolution 
societies  were  formed  for  the  purpose  of  improving  the  con- 
dition of  the  slaves.  New  York  had  such  a  society,  with  John 
Jay  as  its  first  president,  and  Alexander  Hamilton  was  its  sec- 
ond president.  These  societies  succeeded  in  suppressing  the 
slave  trade  from  1808,  but  New  York  had  started  a  gradual 
abolition  of  slavery  as  early  as  1799. 

Prior  to  1078  there  were  very  few  slaves  in  the  State  of  New 
York.  In  1098  there  were  293,  in  Kings  County  alone.  In 
1723  there  were  0,171;  in  1790  there  were  21,324,  from  which 
time  they  commenced  to  decrease.  In  1820  there  were  only 
10,088;  in    1830—75;  in    1840—4. 

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THE  RECTORS 

1.  The  Reverend  John  MeYiekar,  D.D.      1811  to  1817. 

2.  The  Reverend  David  Brown.     1818  to  1828. 

3.  The  Reverend  Samuel  Roosevelt  Johnson,  D.D.     lsM 
to  1833. 

4.  The  Reverend  Reuben  Sherwood,  D.D.     1835  to   1856. 

5.  The  Reverend  Horace  Stringfellow,  D.D.     1856  to  1860. 

6.  The  Reverend  James  Sotiveraine  Purdy,  D.D.     1860  to 
1876. 

7.  The  Reverend  Philander  Kinney  Cady,  D.D.      ls?6to 
1887. 

8.  The  Reverend  Richmond  Herbert  Gesner,  B.D.     1887 
to   1800. 

9.  The  Reverend  Amos  Turner  Ashton,D.D.    1891  tol911. 
10.     The  Reverend  Edward  IVarxms  NVwton,  MA.     1912- 


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THE  REVEREND  JOHN  McVICKAR,  Jr. 

1811—1817 

John  McVickar,  son  of  John  and  Anna  (Moore),  McVickar 
was  l>orn  in  the  city  of  New  York,  on  the  tenth  of  August,  1787. 
His  father  was  a  wealthy  merchant  of  New  York  and  a  vestry- 
man of  old  Trinity  1801-1812.  He  graduated  from  Columbia 
College  as  valedictorian  of  the  class  of  1804.  In  1807  he  be- 
came a  candidate  for  Holy  Orders,  in  preparation  for  which  he 
read  theology  under  the  guidance  of  the  Rev.  John  Henry 
Hobart,  who  later,  having  been  chosen  assistant  Bishop  of  the 
Diocese,  ordained  him.  On  Sunday  evening,  November  12, 
1809,  he  married  Miss  Eliza  Bard  at  Hyde  Park,  and  the  first 
year  of  their  married  life  was  spent  in  the  home  of  Dr.  Bard, 
while  he  continued  his  studies.  These  circumstances  gave 
shape  to  Dr.  Bard's  desire  to  build  a  church.  McVickar  was 
something  of  an  architect,  so  that  the  planning  of  his  own  home 
called  Inwood,  and  that  of  the  church  and  the  erection  of  both 
went  on  together.  On  the  day  following  the  Consecration  of 
the  church,  Friday,  October  11,  1811,  he  was  ordained  to  the 
diaconate  by  Bishop  Hobart,  and  was  given  charge  of  the  new 
parish.  Immediately  following  the  opening  services  of  the 
Dioceasn  Convention  in  1812,  he  was  ordained  priest  in  Trini- 
ty Church,  New  Y'ork.  On  November  13,  1817,  he  was  elected 
Professor  of  Moral  Philosophy,  Rhetoric  and  Belles  Lett  res  in 
Columbia  College,  and  the  following  year  at  his  own  request, 
without  increase  of  salary,  Intellectual  Philosophy  and  Polit- 
ical Economy  were  added  to  his  department.  This  was  the 
first  introduction  into  an  American  College  of  a  chair  of  politi- 
cal economy.  In  1829  he  was  an  aspirant  for  the  Presidency 
of  the  College,  being  the  natural  choice  on  many  accounts, 
and  urged  by  persons  of  influence,  but  on  December  9,  when 
the  election  took  place,  Dr.  Win.  Alexander  Duer,  formerly 
one  of  his  vestrymen  in  Hyde  Park,  was  elected  by  a  majority 
of  one  vote.  Though  disappointed  he  gave  Dr.  Duer  loyal 
support.  While  engaged  in  academic  duties,  he  often  preaclu  d 
in  Grace  Church  and  Trinity,  and  shared  in  the  general  public 
duties  of  the  Church  in  the  metropolis.     In  1820  he  was  ap- 


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pointed  to  the  missionary  committee  having  the  care  of  the 
Oneida  Indians.  In  1826  he  was  elected  a  trustee  of  the  Gen- 
eral Theological  Seminary,  serving  as  member  of  the  standing 
committee.  At  the  same  time  he  was  chosen  Vice-President 
of  the  N.  Y.  Bible  and  Prayer  Book  Society,  and  of  the  X.  Y. 
Tract  Society.  In  1828  he  was  made  a  trustee  of  Trinity 
School,  and  in  18-40  Yice-President  of  the  City  Mission  Society. 
From  1834  to  1868  he  was  a  member  of  the  Standing  Committee 
of  the  Diocese,  and  from  186-2  to  1868  president  thereof.  From 
1844  to  1862  he  was  Chaplain  at  Fort  Columbus,  Governor's 
Island.  At  this  time  it  was  the  recruiting  depot  for  the  Army 
and  its  Chaplain  had  opportunity  for  wide  spiritual  usefulness, 
missionary  work  of  the  highest  character  and  value.  Then- 
was  no  place  provided  for  public  worship,  but  with  his  accus- 
tomed energy  and  perseverance  and  the  kind  aid  of  General 
-<  Ott,  the  Government  was  led  to  set  apart  a  plot  of  ground 
and  a  frame  chapel  was  erected  after  Dr.  McYickar'sown  plan-. 
It  cost  $2,500.  He  says:  '"What  I  can  raise  by  the  help  of 
friends  I  will;  what  I  cannot  I  must  bear,  and  hold  it  a  con- 
secrated gift,  laid  <m  God's  altar,  a  trespass-offering  for  years 
of  over-devotion  to  the  acquisition  of  wealth."  He  wasdeeply 
interested  in  the  sending  of  Colonel  Stephenson's  regiment  to 
California  in  1849.  Looking  upon  them  as  colonists,  and 
realizing  the  importance  of  their  own  religious  life  and  habits 
upon  the  future  of  the  new  territory,  he  labored  among  them 
untiringly  and  before  they  -ailed  he  had  persuaded  them  to 
elect  a  chaplain,  determine  on  daily  prayers  on  shipboard,  and 
a  that  they  were  provided  with  Bibles  and  Prayer  Books. 
His  sermons  and  addresses  are  filled  with  earnest  interest  and 
solicitude  for  their  future,  and  counsels  of  the  soundest  com- 
mon sense.  He  fully  believed,  as  he  said,  that  "The  virtue 
of  the  people  is  our  only  political  security,  and  the  institutions 
of  Christianity  our  only  sufficient  safeguard  for  the  existence 
of  that  virtue".  In  1851  in  Trinity  Church  he  preached  the 
sermon  at  the  celebrating  of  the  Third  Semi-Centennial  of  the 
venerable  Society  for  the  Propagation  of  the  Gospel,  and  in 
18.51  after  the  death  of  Bishop  Wainwright  he  preached  the 
sermon   before   the   Diocesan   Council,   which   smoothed   the 


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way  for  the  immediate  election  of  a  successor.  In  1851  his 
college  duties  were  lightened,  four  professorships  being  made 
from  his  department,  of  which  he  retained  the  chair  of  Evi- 
dences of  Natural  and  Revealed  Religion.  In  1804  he  retired 
from  active  college  duty  and  became  Professor  Emeritus.  He 
then  made  Irvington-on-Hudson  his  home,  where  he  died 
October  20,  1868,  and  his  body  was  brought  to  rest  in  the  yard 
of  his  own  first  parish  church.  A  short  while  before  his  death 
Bishop  Horatio  Potter  had  said  in  his  convention  address, 
"One  venerable  and  honored  presbyter  of  this  diocese,  op- 
pressed with  the  weight  of  years,  but  not  chilled  in  his  love 
for  the  Church  or  in  his  devotion  to  duty,  retires  from  the 
official  station  which  he  has  so  long  and  ably  filled  as  President 
of  the  Standing  Committee — the  Rev.  John  McVickar,  D.D., 
for  half  a  century  a  professor  in  Columbia  College — what  a 
historical  name  in  this  diocese!  How  steadfast  in  his  princi- 
ples, how  far  reaching  in  his  views,  and  how  elevated  in  all  his 
thoughts  and  sentiments!  May  the  rays  of  that  sun  which 
never  sets  to  the  Christian  heart  shine  brightly  and  cheerily 
along  his  path,  and  in  his  chamber,  until  faith,  hope  and  love 
change  into  the  bliss  and  glory  of  the  perfect  day." 

THE  REVEREND  DAVID  BROWN 

1818—1823 

Rev.  David  Brown  wras  born  at  Hopkinstown,  Rhode  Island, 
October  3,  1780.  In  1807  he  began  to  study  law,  but  abandon- 
ed it  and  studied  theology  in  New  York  City  in  1816  with  the 
Rev.  Thomas  Lyell,  D.D.  He  was  ordained  deacon  by  Bishop 
Hobart,  October  23,  1817,  and  priest  October  23,  1818.  His 
first  ministerial  labor  was,  while  still  a  deacon,  at  Saint  James 
Church,  Hyde  Park,  New  York,  although  he  had  assisted  Rev. 
Thomas  Lyell,  rector  of  Christ  Church,  New  York,  while  study- 
ing with  him.  In  February,  1823,  he  became  missionary  at 
Fredonia,  Chautauqua  County,  and  parts  adjacent,  remaining 
there  until  1826.  In  1828  he  was  principal  of  a  Female  Aca- 
demy in  Albany.  From  1831-34  he  was  missionary  at  Lock- 
port,   New   York,   leaving  there  to  enter  the  service  of  the 


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Domestic  and  Foreign  Missionary  Society  at  S.  Augustine  and 
later  Jacksonville,  Florida.  In  1844  he  became  rector  at 
Florence,  Alabama,  and  returned  in  1848  to  New  York  to  be- 
come the  missionary  at  Cold  Spring  Harbor.  In  1851  he  was 
instituted  rector  of  Saint  Andrews  Church,  Lambertville, 
New  Jersey,  a  position  which  he  held  until  August,  1867.  He 
then  retired  from  the  rectorship  because  of  old  age,  but  con- 
tinued to  live  in  Lambertville  until  his  death,  December  7, 
1875.  A  few  years  before  his  death  he  mentions  in  his  annual 
report-  to  his  Bishop  a  "'little  work  of  great  labor  on  infant 
baptism"  which  he  has  ready  for  the  pros,  but  it  seems  never 
to  have  been  published.  Thefollowing  are  the  closing  senten- 
ces of  an  obituary  of  Mr.  Brown  which  appeared  in  the  Church- 
man for  January  8,  1876:  "Mr.  Brown  possessed  a  mind  of 
more  than  ordinary  power  and  clearness,  and  was  gifted  with 
an  unusually  retentive  memory.  This  great  gifl  added  to  his 
long,  studious  and  varied  life,  made  him  a  mosl  interesting 
and  instructive  companion  to  those  who  came  in  contact  with 
him,  especially  his  younger  brethren  of  the  clergy.  Of  lad' 
years  he  lived  much  apart  from  the  stirring  center-,  of  life,  but 
in  his  retirement  he  always  retained  his  intelligent  apprecia- 
tion of  ;!11  that  interested  younger  ami  more  active  men." 

Till:  REVEREND  SAMUEL  ROOSEVELT 

JOHNSON,  D.I). 

1824—  1833 

Samuel  Roosevell  Johnson  was  born  at  Newton,  Long  [s- 
land,  November  18,  18<>2.  He  graduated  from  Columbia  in 
1820  and  from  the  General  Theological  Seminary  in  1823. 
In  18-24  he  was  called  as  rector  of  Saint  James  Church,  Hyde 
Park,  where  he  remained  ten  years.  While  there  he  was  or- 
dained priest  in  his  own  parish  church  by  Bishop  Hobart, 
August  1,  18-27,  having  been  previously  ordained  deacon  in 
1824  by  Bishop  Croes.  While  at  Hyde  Bark  he  married  Eliza- 
beth  Johnston,  a  granddaughter  of  Dr.  Samuel  Bard,  Septem- 
ber 6,  18*26,  and  his  three  elder  children  were  born  there.  In 
1834  he  accepted  a  call  to  Flushing,  Long  Island,  where  he  re- 


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maincd  nearly  a  year.  In  1835  the  general  Church  aroused 
herself  to  the  great  missionary  work  which  lay  before  her  and 
sent  out  Bishop  Kemper  to  take  charge  of  what  was  then  known 
as  "The  Northwest",  a  district  which  now  comprises  the  ter- 
ritory of  several  dioceses.  Johnson  felt  moved  to  give  up  his 
flourishing  parish  at  Flushing  and  the  comforts  of  life  in  the 
East  and  to  volunteer  at  his  own  expense  to  become  the  travel- 
ing companion  of  the  Bishop.  For  nearly  a  year  he  traveled 
with  him.  In  1837,  having  previously  officiated  four  months 
at  Jeffersonville,  he  brought  his  family  to  Lafayette,  Indiana, 
there  to  remain  about  ten  years.  In  this  place  he  organized  a 
parish,  giving  the  site  for  a  church  building  and  a  large  portion 
of  the  money  necessary  for  its  construction,  as  well  as  serving 
as  its  rector  without  salary.  He  aided  also,  by  personal  ex- 
ertions and  gifts,  in  establishing  the  Church  in  many  other  lo- 
calities in  Indiana.  He  was  regarded  as  the  man  for  the  Bis- 
hopric when  the  Diocese  of  Indiana  was  organized,  but  he  an- 
ticipated the  wish  and  assured  his  friends  that  under  no  cir- 
cumstances would  he  consent  to  take  the  position.  In  1847 
he  returned  to  the  East  and  became  rector  of  Saint  Johns 
Church,  Brooklyn,  a  position  which  he  gave  up  upon  his  elec- 
tion in  1850  as  Professor  of  Systematic  Divinity  in  the  General 
Theological  Seminary.  He  served  as  professor  for  twenty 
years,  resigning  the  position  in  June,  18G9,  but  consenting  to 
remain  another  year  at  the  urgent  request  of  the  Trustees. 
During  this  period  he  was  one  of  the  most  influential  professors 
at  the  Seminary  and  the  testimony  of  his  many  students  bears 
witness  to  the  great  love  and  veneration  in  which  he  was  held 
while  there.  On  leaving  the  Seminary  he  rested  for  a  brief 
interval  from  active  work  and  then  accepted  the  rectorship 
of  Saint  Thomas  Church,  Amenia,  a  missionary  station  in  the 
eastern  part  of  Duchess  County,  New  York.  In  this  retired 
and  beautiful  spot  he  passed  the  few  remaining  days  of  his 
life,  devoting  himself  with  diligence  not  only  to  the  care  of  his 
flock  but  to  the  welfare  and  best  interests  of  the  entire  com- 
munity. He  died  on  August  13,  1873,  and  his  body  was 
buried  in  the  church-yard  of  Saint  James  Church,  Hyde  Park. 


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S.  J  ames  Church  23 

THE  REVEREND  REUBEN  SHERWOOD,  S.  T.  D. 

1835—1856 

Dr.  Sherwood  was  born  in  1789  and  graduated  from  Yale 
University  in  1813,  receiving  the  degree  from  the  same  insti- 
tution in  1817  of  A.M.  He  was  ordained  deacon  by  Bishop 
Griswold,  May  5, 1815,  and  priest  by  Bishop  Hobart,  November 
4,  1816.  From  1816-20  he  was  the  acting  rector  at  Saint 
Pauls  Church,  Norwalk,  Connecticut,  being  formally  institu- 
ted rector  of  the  same  church  in  1820,  where  he  remained  till 
1830.  For  one  year  he  became  rector  of  the  Hartford  Acad- 
emy, Hartford,  Connecticut,  leaving  there  in  1831  to  become 
the  missionary  at  Ulster,  New  York.  He  organized  Saint 
Johns  Church,  Kingston,  soon  after  removing  to  Ulster.  At 
Easter,  1835,  he  became  rector  of  Saint  James  Church,  Hyde 
Park,  where  he  remained  until  his  death,  May  11,  1856.  In 
1840  Hobart  College  conferred  upon  him  the  honorary  degree 
of  S.T.D.  From  the  notice  of  his  death,  which  appeared  in  the 
Church  Journal  of  New  York  City  of  May  15,  1856,  the  fol- 
lowing sentences  are  taken:  "Dr.  Sherwood's  departure  re- 
moves a  landmark  from  among  the  clergy  of  this  diocese.  His 
position  of  simple,  straightforward  performance  of  what  he 
believed  to  be  his  duty,  on  principle,  gained  him  the  highest 
respect  of  all,  even  of  those  who  most  widely  differed  from  him. 
All  will  grieve  that  the  upright  vigor  of  his  hoary  head,  the 
firm  Roman  energy  of  his  manly  profile,  the  gentle  strength  of 
his  calm  blue  eye  shall  no  more  be  seen  among  us,  and  that  tin- 
tones  of  his  voice, — slow,  distinct,  deliberate,  yet  tremulous 
with  intense  earnestness  of  emotion,  shall  no  longer  be  heard 
in  the  councils  of  the  Church.  Few  have  passed  as  scathless 
as  he  through  the  most  exciting  controversies  of  our  day.  Few 
retire  to  rest  crowned  with  a  higher  honor  in  the  hearts  of  all 
whom  he  leaves  behind  him."  Dr.  Sherwood  published  the 
following  works: 

The  Christian  Soldier,   a  sermon    preached    in    S.   James 
Church the  third  Sunday  after  Trinity,  1840. 

A  Pastoral  address  to  the  members  of  S.  James  Church    .... 
on  the  observance  of  Lent. 


2  i  II  i  a  tori  c  a  I   X  o  t  e  s  of 

< 'hun-h  offerings a  sermon  at  the  anniversary of 

the  Prot.  Episc.  Tract  Soc.   (etc.)  in    the  Church   of  the  As- 
cension, City  of.  New  York Sept.  28,  184^. 

The  workmen,  and  their  work,  in  God's  building.  Sermon 
at  the  Opening  of  the  Annual  Convention  ....  in  the  Diocese 
of  New  York  ....  in  S.  Johns  Chapel,  N.  Y.,Sept.  24, 1845. 


THE  VENERABLE  HORACE  STR1NGFELLOW,  D.D. 

1856—1860 

Dr.  Stringfellow  was  born  August  6, 1827,  at  Madison  Court- 
house, Virginia.  He  was  ordained  deacon  July  12,  1850,  by 
Bishop  Meade,  and  priest  August  6,  1851,  by  Bishop  Johns. 
After  attending  the  theological  seminary  in  Alexandria  and 
leaving  there  in  1850,  he  became  rector  of  S.  Johns  Church, 
Harper's  Ferry,  and  later  assistant  at  S.  Pauls,  Baltimore, 
and  rector  of  S.  Andrews,  Baltimore.  In  1856  he  became 
rector  of  S.  James  Church,  Hyde  Park,  where  the  birth  of 
several  of  his  children  and  the  kindness  of  the  people  created 
life-long  attachments.  He  left  S.  James  in  1860  and  became 
rector  of  Christ  Church,  Indianapolis,  one  of  the  largest  par- 
ishes there.  During  the  Civil  War  he  left  his  parish  to  serve 
as  a  chaplain  in  the  Southern  Army,  going  through  many 
battles  in  charge  of  a  hospital  corps.  Toward  the  close  of  the 
war  he  ran  the  blockade  and  went  to  Canada  and  held  a  small 
parish  there  for  a  time,  returning  almost  immediately  to  In- 
dianapolis, however,  and  becoming  rector  of  S.  Pauls  parish 
there,  which  shortly  became  the  cathedral  of  the  diocese. 
Fully  a  dozen  buildings,  churches,  chapels,  and  hospitals, 
owe  their  existence  to  his  energy.  The  urgings  of  Bishop 
Wilmer  led  him  to  leave  his  large  parish  in  Indiana  to  go  to 
Alabama  where  prospects  were  poor  and  dreary.  He  became 
rector  of  S.  Johns  Church,  Montgomery,  in  1869  and  remained 
there  until  his  death.  Besides  fulfilling  all  the  duties  of  his 
large  parish  he  was  Archdeacon  of  Alabama,  carrying  the  in- 
fluence of  his  attractive  personality  and  force  of  character 
into  various  parishes  and  towns  throughout  the  diocese.     He 


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died  on  November  6,  1893.  Dr.  Stringfellow's  body  was  a 
type  of  his  soul.  It  was  said  of  him  that  "from  his  shoulders 
and  upward  he  was  higher  than  any  of  his  people." 

THE  REVEREND  JAMES  S.  PURDY,  D.D. 

1860—1876 

The  Rev.  James  Souverainc  Purely  was  born  in  Rye,  New 
York,  Sept.  1,  1825.  He  was  graduated  from  Trinity  College 
in  the  class  of  1849  and  from  the  General  Theological  Seminary 
in  the  class  of  1852,  after  which  he  served  for  one  year  as  tutor 
of  Latin  and  Greek  in  Trinity  College,  when  he  became  rector 
of  Trinity  Church,  Sonthport.  Conn.,  1854  to  1858.  On  May 
16,  1854,  he  was  married  to  Miss  Susan  Bard  Johnson,  daugh- 
ter of  Dr.  Samuel  Roosevelt  Johnson,  D.D.  In  1858  he  be- 
came Vicar  of  Calvary  Ch;ipel,  New  York,  under  Dr.  Hawks, 
which  post  he  resigned  that  he  might  live  in  the  country  in  the 
hope  of  restoring  the  failing  health  of  his  wife,  and  accepted 
the  call  to  S.  James  Church,  Hyde  Park,  in  1860.  Mrs.  Purdy 
died  the  same  year,  leaving  a  young  daughter,  Elizabeth  John- 
son (Sister  Elisa  Monica  of  the  Order  of  Saint  John  Baptist, 

at  this  date  (1913)  Sister  in  charge  of  S.  Helens  Hall,  Tort- 
land,  Oregon). 

On  December  17,  1862,  he  married  Miss  Frances  Hannah 
Carter,  daughter  of  the  Rev.  Lawson  ( larter,  who  bore  to  him 
a  son,  Mr.  Lawson  Purdy  of  New  York  City. 

\)r.  Purdy  was  through  life  a  most  diligent  student.  In 
Trinity  College  he  distinguished  himself  in  the  classical  lan- 
guages.    One  recalls  thai  during  his  Seminary  course  he  made 

an  extended  abstract  of  Bingham's  Voluminous  work  on  Chris- 
tian Antiquities  and  another  copious  one  of  a  standard  work 
on  Dogmatic  Theology  by  a  Roman  Catholic  writer.  When 
Frederick  Denison  Maurice  became  a  power  in  the  Church  he 
purchased  and  read  all  his  works,  "and  when  he  unfolded  and 
criticised  his  theology,  ethics  and  philosophy  to  my  wondering 
ear,  I  was  astounded  by  his  exposition,  its  clearness,  fullness 
and  satisfactoriness.  I  remember  on  another  occasion  his  in- 
forming me  that  he  had  just  finished  reading  in  the  original, 


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eight  or  ten  volumes  of  St.  Simon's  Memoirs".  His  sermons 
were  invariably  striking.  They  were  full  of  matter,  vivid  in 
style  and  arresting  in  interest.  One  could  not  help  listening 
absorbingly  to  them.  And  his  conversation,  when  he  was  in 
the  vein  of  talking,  was  most  delightful.  His  affections  were 
strong.  He  made  the  warmest  of  friends.  And  his  sympathy 
with  the  destitute  and  suffering  was  extreme.  Supplicants 
for  aid  preyed  on  him.  He  gave  indiscriminately,  without 
investigation,  and  necessarily  was  constantly  imposed  upon 
and  robbed.  At  Saint  James  Dr.  Purdy  served  sixteen  years, 
the  best  years  of  his  ministry,  a  vigorous  patient,  devoted 
ministry.  The  memories  of  his  Bible  classes  are  still  fresh. 
After  his  retirement  he  gratuitously  tutored  numbers  of  young 
men,  helping  them  to  enter  college.  Dr.  Purdy  died  on 
March  21,  1883. 

THE  REVEREND  PHILANDER  KINNEY  CADY,  D.D.* 

1876—1887 
The  Rev.  P.  K.  Cady,  D.D.,  was  born  in  Cincinnati,  Ohio, 
October  23,  1826.  He  graduated  in  1843  from  Woodward 
College,  Cincinnati,  from  the  General  Theological  Seminary 
in  18,50,  and  received  the  degree  of  A.  M.  from  Trinity  College, 
Hartford,  in  1856.  He  was  ordained  deacon  June  30,  1850,  by 
Bishop  Whittingham,  and  priest  June  29,  1851,  by  Bishop 
DeLancey.  In  1851  he  became  rector  of  Trinity  Church, 
West  Troy,  New  York.  From  1856-1860  he  was  rector  of 
Grace  Church,  Newark,  where  he  did  much  to  make  the  work 
of  that  parish  permanent  and  effective.  His  other  parishes 
have  been  Grace  Church,  Albany,  1861-65;  Christ  Church, 
Poughkeepsie,  1866-75;  Saint  James  Church,  Hyde  Park,  1876 
-87.  In  1871,  1874  and  1877  he  was  Clerical  Deputy  of  the 
Diocese  of  New  York  to  the  meetings  of  the  General  Conven- 
tions held  in  those  years.  In  1889  Dr.  Cady  was  elected  to  the 
Professorship  of  the  Evidences  of  Natural  and  Revealed 
Religion  in  the  General  Theological  Seminary.  This  position 
he  held  until  1902,  when  he  was  made  Professor  Emeritus. 
He  was  Acting  Dean  of  the  Seminary  from  the  death  of  Dean 

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Hoffman  in  June  1902,  to  the  installation  of  Dean  Robbins  in 
September,  1903.  Columbia  University  conferred  upon  him 
in  1876  the  degree  of  S.  T.  D.,  and  in  1895  the  Seminary  did 
the  same.  On  June  11,  1863,  Dr.  Cady  married  Miss  Helen 
S.  Hamilton,  who  died  in  1868.  Dr.  Cady  now  lives  at 
Ridgefield,  Connecticut. 

THEREYERENDRICHMONDHERBERTGESNER,B.D.* 

1887—1890 

Richmond  Herbert  Gesner  was  born  in  Kingston,  N.  Y., 
while  his  father  the  Rev.  A.  H.  Gesner  was  rector  of  the  Church 
of  the  Holy  Spirit.  He  prepared  for  college  at  the  Holbrook 
School,  Ossining,  X.  Y.,  and  entering  S.  Stephens  College, 
Annandale  in  1877,  and  graduated  with  honors  in  1883. 

He  graduated  from  the  General  Theological  Seminary  in 
1886  and  the  following  February,  while  minister  in  charge  of 
S.  Johns  Church.  Yonkers,  was  advanced  to  the  priesthood 
by  Bishop  Potter.  The  General  Seminary  in  the  following 
June  conferred  upon  him  the  degree  of  Bachelor  of  Divinity. 
Bishop  Potter  commended  Mr.  Gesner  to  the  rectorate  of  this 
parish  and  he  entered  upon  his  duties  in  July,  1887,  serving 
the  parish  until  June,  1890,  when  he  became  the  first  rector  of 
S.  Marys  Church,  Tower,  Minn.  After  a  year's  service  there, 
he  was  recommended  by  Bishop  Gilbert  to  the  parish  of  his 
boyhood,  Zion  Church,  Morris,  N.  Y.  Thence  after  four  years 
he  went  to  old  Christ  Church,  West  Haven,  the  most  historic 
parish  in  Connecticut.  In  1899  he  accepted  the  call  of  Trinity 
Church,  Lime  Rock.  After  seven  years  of  work  there  he  went 
to  Christ  Church,  Oswego,  one  of  the  leading  parishes  of  Cen- 
tral New  York.  Mr  Gesner  is  a  member  of  three  very  impor- 
tant committees  in  the  diocese.  In  1890  he  married  Miss 
Virginia  I.  Brett  of  Albany,  N.  Y.  They  have  four  children. 
Mr.  Gesner  has  been  for  many  years  a  contributor  of  verse  to 
the  Boston  Evening  Transcript  and  has  in  preparation  a 
little  book  on  the  Evidences  of  the  Christian  Faith. 

The  Rev.  Authon  T.  Gesner,  Professor  of  Ethics  and  Apolo- 
getics in  the  Berkeley  Divinity  School,  is  his  brother. 
♦Sec  plate  facing  page  72. 


J s  //  l  8  t  n  r  i  c  a  I    X  ot  e  s  of 

THE  REVEREND  AMOS  TURNER  ASHTON,  D.D. 

1891—1911 

Dr.  Ashton  was  born  in  Providence,  Rhode  Island,  on  May 
3,  1849.  He  was  the  son  of  Job  and  Abby  Stacy  (Turner) 
Ashton.  On  his  mother's  side  he  was  descended  from  one  of 
the  earliest  New  England  families;  Hugh  Stacy,  her  great- 
great-grandfather,  having  settled  in  the  colony  of  Plymouth, 
in  the  year  16c2l2. 

The  public  schools  of  Providence,  and  Brown  University, 
supplied  the  classical  education,  which  was  to  bear  the  fruit 
of  a  faithful  ministry  of  thirty-six  years.  Dr.  Ashton  was 
graduated  from  Brown  in  the  class  of  1872,  and  the  next  year 
entered  the  General  Theological  Seminary  in  New  York.  He 
was  ordained  Deacon  in  1875  and  Priest  in  Advent  of  the  same 
year  by  Bishop  Horatio  Potter. 

On  June  30,  1875,  he  married  Amelia  Huntington  Sill, 
younger  daughter  of  Rev.  Ferderick  and  Margaret  (Cocks) 
Sill,  of  New  York  City,  and  entered  upon  the  duties  of  his 
first  cure:  S.  Thomas  Church,  Amenia  Union,  New  York. 
Two  daughters  were  born  to  him  at  Amenia,  Margaret  Abby, 
and  Leonora  Sill. 

In  1878  Mr.  Ashton  accepted  the  rectorship  of  Trinity 
Church,  West  Haverstraw  New  York;  and  in  addition  to  his 
parochial  duties,  assumed  the  missionary  charge  of  the  neigh- 
boring village  of  Haverstraw,  and  the  mountain  missions  of 
Rockland  County. 

Two  sons  were  born  at  West  Haverstraw,  Mortimer  Stacy, 
the  present  rector  of  Zion  Church,  Morris,  New  York;  and 
Frederick  Turner,  the  present  rector  of  S.  Pauls  Church,  Salem, 
New  York. 

After  a  service  of  thirteen  years,  devoted  to  these  labors,  he 
was  elected  rector  of  S.  James  Church,  Hyde  Park,  N.  Y.,  and 
continued  in  this  parish  until  the  day  of  his  death. 

He  was  appointed  Archdeacon  of  Duchess  by  Bishop  Henry 
C.  Potter  in  1901,  and  under  his  direction  an  active  mis- 
sionary work  was  carried  on  in  the  central  and  eastern  sections 
of  the  county. 


\M<)S  TURNER    VSHTON. 


S.  James  Church  29 

In  1903  Brown  University  awarded  the  degree  of  Doctor  of 
Divinity  with  these  prophetic  words:  "Amos  Turner  Ashton, 
a  'Workman  that  needethnot  to  be  ashamed.'  "  (2  Tim.  2:15.) 
Prophetic,  because  as  a  country  missionary  at  Amenia  and 
West  HaverstraWj  as  rector  of  his  two  parishes,  as  Archdeacon 
and  as  a  clerical  member  of  the  Standing  Committee  of  the 
Dioceses  of  New  York,  to  which  body  he  was  elected  in  1904, 
and  on  which  he  served  until  his  death,  he  proved  himself  a 
'Faithful  dispenser  of  the  Word  of  GOD,  and  of  His  Holy 
Sacraments." 

Dr.  Ashton  was  a  keen  classical  scholar,  his  chief  pleasure. 
apart  from  the  discharge  of  his  official  duties,  being  historical 
research.  II<  was  a  recognized  authority  on  Church  History 
and  Canon  Law. 

Too  keen  an  observer  of  the  complexity  of  human  nature  to 
be  concerned  with  the  partisan  feelings  which  from  time  to 
time  are  asserted  by  the  various  schools  of  thought  in  Un- 
church, Dr.  Ashton  manifested  in  his  public  and  private  life 
that:  "In  Chrisl  Jesus,  neither  circumcision  availeth  anything, 
nor  uncircumcision,  but  a  new  creature."  And  this  breadth 
of  sympathy  for  all  mankind  was  the  basis  of  Ms  success  in 
the  private  counsel  of  a  Shepherd  of  Souls,  as  well  as  in  the 
weightier  deliberations  of  a  (  lunch  |  tfgnitary. 

On  Christinas  Day,  1910,  Dr.  Ashton  celebrated  the  Holy 
Communion  in  S.  James   Chapel,  Hyde   Park.     This  was  the 

last  public  service  at  which  he  officiated.  For  many  months 
he  had  suffered  from  an  affection  of  the  heart  which  finally 
ended  his  ministry  of  thirty-six  years. 

In  perfect  consciousness,  he  entered  into  life  eternal,  on 
January  10,  1911. 

THE  REVEREND  EDWARD  PEARSONS  NEWTON* 

1912— 

The  Rev.  Edward  Pearsons  Newton,  son  of  the  Rev.  Ben- 
jamin Hall  and  Adeline  iPriehard)   Newton,  was  born  in  Saint 
Albans,  Vermont,  August  28,  1859.     The  family  moving  to 
Brooklyn,  New  York,  he  was  educated  in  Holy  Trinity  Parish 
*See  plate  facing  page  70. 


30  //  istorical   Notes  of 

School,  and  Saint  Johns  School,  Manlius,  New  York,  graduat- 
ing from  Trinity  College,  Hartford,  Connecticut,  in  the  class 
of  1881.  Having  some  doubts  as  to  his  vocation  to  the  minis- 
try he  taught  for  two  years,  entering  Berkeley  Divinity  School, 
Middlctown,  Connecticut,  in  1883.  He  was  ordained  Deacon 
by  the  Rt.  Rev.  John  Williams,  D.D.,  on  June  2,  1886,  and 
Priest  by  the  Rt.  Rev.  John  Franklin  Spalding,  D.D.,  in  Den- 
ver, Colorado,  on  December  18,  of  the  same  year.  He  was 
rector  of  Holy  Trinity  Church,  Pueblo,  Colorado,  from  188G 
until  May,  1902,  when  he  became  Senior  Curate  of  Calvary 
Church,  New  York,  under  the  Rev.  J.  Lewis  Parks,  D.D., which 
post  he  resigned  in  November,  1907,  having  offered  himself  to 
the  Rt.  Rev.  Peter  Trimble  Rowe,  D.D.,  for  missionary  service 
in  Alaska.  He  was  stationed  in  Valdez,  on  Prince  William 
Sound,  having  charge  as  well  of  the  Church's  missions  in  Cor- 
dova, Seward  and  Katalla,  which  duties  he  resigned  in  August, 
1911.  He  was  elected  rector  of  Saint  James  Church,  Hyde 
Park,  January  8,  1912.  On  February  8,  1912,  in  Calvary 
Church,  New  York,  he  was  married  to  Miss  Carolina  Burton 
Hart,  only  daughter  of  Dr.  Charles  Alfred  and  Virginia  (Bur- 
ton) Hart,  and  came  into  residence  February  16,  1912. 


AK<  IIIBAI.I)   ROGERS 


S.  James  C h  it  r  eh  SI 


THE  FIRST  VESTRYMEN 

Samuel  Bard     )  ...      . 
.,  ,  M\  aniens. 

Morgan  Lewis  I 
John  Johnston 
Nathaniel  Pendleton 
William  Broome 
William  Bard 
Christofhkr  III  oheb,  2d 
James  Duane  Li\  ingston 
Titus  Dutton 
William  A.LEXANDEB  Dueb 


32  Historical   X  ot  e  s  of 

SAMUEL  BARD,  M.D. 

Senior  Warden  1812-1821 

The  earliest  Bard  colonists  settled  in  Delaware.  Samuel, 
the  son  of  Doctor  John  and  Susanne  (Valleau)  Bard,  was  born 
in  Philadelphia,  April  1,  1742.  The  family  removed  to  New 
York  City  when  Samuel  was  four  years  old. 

His  mother  was  a  descendant  of  Peter  Fauconnier,  a  French 
refugee,  who  was  Receiver  General  and  Treasurer  to  Lord 
Cornbury  (Edward  Hyde),  Queen  Anne's  favorite  cousin, 
when  he  was  Royal  Governor.  Fauconnier  received  from  his 
patron  several  grants  of  land,  one  of  which,  styled  in  his  honor 
"Hyde  Park",  ultimately  fell  by  inheritance  to  Mrs.  Bard, 
the  claims  of  other  heirs  having  been  settled  by  cash  payments. 
Hyde  Park  was  originally  the  name  of  this  country  estate  (now 
owned  by  Mr.  Frederick  W.  Vanderbilt),  and  the  Bards  were 
at  first  annoyed  when  it  was  applied  to  the  local  inn  and  to  the 
village. 

Samuel  was  educated  in  the  schools  of  New  York  City,  and 
pursued  the  study  of  medicine  under  the  guidance  of  his  father. 
He  sailed  for  London  in  November,  1761,  where  he  enjoyed 
some  practical  hospital  experience  under  eminent  men  of  the 
time,  and  went  to  Edinburgh  in  September,  1762,  taking  a 
three  years'  course  in  medicine  and  receiving  his  diploma  on 
September  6,  1765.  He  was  married  in  Christ  Church,  Phila- 
delphia, on  May  14,  1770,  to  his  cousin,  Mary  Bard,  a  daughter 
of  Peter  and  Marie  (de  Normandie)  Bard.  In  the  Edin- 
burgh University  there  were  quite  a  number  of  American  stu- 
dents in  medicine.  They  often  discussed  the  need  for  Medical 
Colleges  in  the  new  land.  Those  from  Philadelphia  were  first 
successful  in  a  move  in  this  direction,  but  within  a  year  of  his 
return  to  New  York,  Doctor  Bard  had  so  stirred  the  medical 
profession  in  the  city  that  the  first  Medical  School  was  organ- 
ized and  united  to  Kings  College  (now  Columbia  University), 
and  he  was  given  the  Professorship  of  "The  Practice  of  Physic". 

When  the  first  degrees  were  conferred  in  1769,  to  Doctor 
Bard  was  assigned  the  honorable  task  of  addressing  the  stu- 


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S.  James  Church  33 

dents.  In  his  discourse  upon  "The  Duties  of  a  Physician", 
he  took  occasion  to  enforce  the  necessity  for  a  public  hospital 
in  New  York  City.     The  suggestion  was  welcomed. 

The  Governor,  trustees  of  the  College,  and  others  subscribed 
to  a  fund  at  once,  which  later  received  more  general  donations. 
A  site  for  the  New  York  Hospital  was  bought,  and  a  building 
erected,  which  burned  before  it  was  used.  This  blow,  to- 
gether with  the  political  dissensions  of  the  time,  delayed  fur- 
ther work  until  1791.  When  the  hospital  was  finally  opened 
Doctor  Bard  became  the  first  Attending  Physician,  visiting  its 
wards  daily  until  his  retirement  from  active  practise  in  1798. 

In  1813  when  a  separation  took  place  between  Columbia 
College  and  its  Medical  School,  upon  the  remodelling  of  the 
latter,  Doctor  Bard  became  the  President  of  the  College  of 
Physicians  and  Surgeons,  which  position  he  held  until  his 
death. 

A  man  of  Doctor  Bard's  character  and  activity  could  not  re- 
tire from  the  active  practise  of  liis  profession  to  a  life  of  idle 
ease.  The  picture  of  his  life  at  Hyde  Park  presented  by  his 
biographer  is  a  charming  one.  He  was  an  early  riser,  and  he 
regularly  devoted  a  part  of  his  early  morning  to  religious  read- 
ing and  reflection,  by  which,  as  he  himself  expressed  it,  he  en- 
deavored to  "set  his  mind  to  a  right  edge  for  the  business  of 
the  day". 

The  morning  was  devoted  to  reading  and  study,  guiding  the 
studies  of  his  family,  and  to  the  care  of  the  estate,  which  he 
greatly  improved  and  beautified,  importing  and  planting  trer> 
which  are  greatly  admired  today.  The  strength  and  charm  of 
the  personality  of  this  remarkable  man  is  evidenced  by  the  way 
in  which  relatives  and  friends  were  drawn  to  make  their  coun- 
try homes  in  Hyde  Park,  and  the  social  life  of  those  days,  from 
all  accounts,  musl  have  been  most  delightful. 

A  friend  in  writing  to  him  shortly  after  the  consecration  of  the 
Church  says:  "God  has  been  pleased,  my  dear  friend,  to  afford 
you  the  ability,  and  to  give  you  the  heart,  to  make  great  ex- 
ertions in  his  service,  and  has  shown  you  His  favor  in  permit- 
ting you  to  accomplish  a  work  of  so  much  present  usefulness, 
and  of  such  future  promise.     I  trust  that  the  same  dispensa- 


34  Historical   Xotes  of 

tions  in  which  your  children  partake  with  you,  will  be  contin- 
ued to  their  descendants;  and  that  if  the  inhabitants  of  a  better 
world  be  spectators  of  the  employments  of  this,  you  may  be 
privileged  to  behold  your  descendants  from  generation  to  gen- 
eration offering  up  the  sacrifice  of  humble  and  contrite  hearts 
in  that  house  which  God  has  enabled  you  to  erect  for  His  wor- 
ship and  service." 

A  man  who  was  prime  mover  in  the  establishment  of  three 
institutions,  a  medical  school,  a  hospital,  and  a  parish  church, 
needs  no  eulogium.  His  works  do  follow  him  and  speak  his 
praise. 

He  died  at  Hyde  Park,  May  24,  1821,  within  twenty-four 
hours  of  the  death  of  his  wife  on  May  23,  which  had  been  a 
desire  long  cherished,  and  their  bodies  rest  in  the  same  grave 
in  the  churchyard.  On  May  28,  Sarah  (de  Normandie)  Barton 
died,  aged  eighty-eight. 

MORGAN  LEWIS 

Junior  Warden  1812-1827.     Senior  Warden  1827-1836 

Morgan  Lewis  was  born  in  New  York  on  October  16,  1754, 
being  the  second  son  of  Francis  Lewis,  a  signer  of  the  Declara- 
tion of  Independence,  and  of  Elizabeth  Annesley.  He  owed 
his  early  education  to  his  mother,  later  being  placed  at  a  gram- 
mar school  in  Elizabethtown,  whence  he  entered  Princeton 
College.  There  his  favorite  companion  was  James  Madison. 
Lewis  graduated  from  Princeton  with  honor  in  1773. 

He  had  chosen  the  Church  as  his  profession,  but  complied 
with  the  wishes  of  his  father  in  adopting  law,  and  was  about  to 
commence  his  legal  studies  in  London  when  the  War  of  the  Rev- 
olution began.  In  1775  Lewis  joined  as  a  volunteer  the  Ameri- 
can forces  before  Boston. 

In  August  of  the  same  year  Lewis  took  command,  with  the 
title  of  Major,  of  a  company  of  volunteers.  Almost  immediate- 
ly he  was  ordered  to  prevent  the  "Asia",  an  English  vessel, 
from  interfering  with  a  small  party  of  citizens  who  at  night- 
fall were  removing  military  equipments  from  the  Arsenal  on 
the  Battery.     This  task  he  accomplished  successfully. 

In  June,  1776,  Major  Lewis,  with  the  rank  of  Colonel,  ac- 


M()|{(.  \\    LEWIS. 
From  ;i  portrait  by  Trumbull,  In  the  New  York  Citj  Hull. 


S.  James  Church  35 

companied  General  Gates  as  chief  of  staff  when  the  latter  took 
command  of  the  army  in  Canada.  In  August,  1777,  when  the 
battle  of  Ticonderoga  was  fought,  Colonel  Lewis  was  stationed 
on  the  heights  with  a  few  mounted  men  to  act  as  messengers 
to  report  to  General  Gates  the  movements  of  the  enemy.  So 
well  did  he  accomplish  this  that  the  next  day  the  enemy  were 
invited  to  stack  their  arms  on  the  plains,  and  were  led  out 
through  a  double  line  of  American  troops. 

At  the  close  of  the  Revolution,  Lewis,  as  colonel  of  a  regiment, 
had  the  honor  of  escorting  General  Washington  at  his  first 
inauguration   as   President. 

When  the  war  was  ended  Colonel  Lewis  took  up  the  study 
and  practise  of  law,  and  represented  Duchess  County,  to 
which  he  had  removed,  in  the  Assembly.  In  1791  he  was  ap- 
pointed Attorney-General  of  State.  In  1792  he  was  raised  to 
the  bench  of  the  Supreme  Court,  and  the  next  year  lie  became 
Chief  Justice,  and  finally.  Governor  of  the  state  of  New  York 
in   1804. 

In  the  War  of  1812  Lewis  was  made,  first.  Brigadier,  and 
then  Major-General.  At  tin-  conclusion  of  this  war  he  retired 
to  private  life.  In  l?7i»  li<-  had  married  Gertrude,  daughter  of 
Robert  Livingston,  and  sister  of  Robert  R.  and  Edward  Living- 
ston, who  were  successively  ministers  to  the  Court  of  Prance. 

For  many  years  lie  presided  over  the  Historical  Society  and 
the  Order  of  the  Cincinnati.  He  died  in  is  [  I  in  hi-  ninetieth 
year,  and  his  body  rests  in  the  churchyard. 


JUDGE  JOHN  JOHNSTON 

Vestryman  1812.    Junior  Warden  1S29-1836.     Senior  Warden 

18:56-1850 

Judge  John  Johnston  was  born  June  13,  1762.  lie  was  a 
descendant  of  Dr.  John  Johnston,  who  was  Mayor  of  the  City 
of  New  York  in  1712.  He  married  on  May 26, 1792,  Susannah, 
eldest  child  of  Dr.  Samuel  and  Mary  Bard.  About  1798 
Judge  Johnston,  together  with  his  friends,  Dr.  Samuel  Bard, 
and  General  Morgan  Lewis,  settled  at  Hyde  Park.      For  a 


36  Historical  Notes  of 

time  Judge  Johnston  was  a  vestryman  and  clerk  of  Christ 
Church,  Poughkeepsie,  until  he  joined  with  others  in  found- 
ing Saint  James  Church,  Hyde  Park.  For  some  years  he 
was  Supervisor  of  the  town.  On  June  5,  1807,  he  was 
made  Presiding  Judge  of  the  court  of  Common  Pleas  of 
Duchess  County,  and  on  February  4,  1820,  he  became  clerk  of 
the  county.     He  died  August  29,  1850. 

NATHANIEL  PENDLETON 

Vestryman  1812 

Nathaniel  Pendleton,  son  of  Nathaniel  and  Elizabeth 
(Clayton)  Pendleton  was  born  in  Culpeper  County,  Virginia, 
1756. 

His  brother  Edmund  Pendleton  was  famous  as  a  patriot  in 
the  days  prior  to  the  Revolution,  presiding  over  the  Virginia 
convention,  and  himself  drew  up  the  instructions  for  the  dele- 
gates to  the  colonial  convention  wherein  they  were  bidden  to 
propose  that  the  convention  declare  "the  United  States  free 
and  independent  states,  absolved  from  all  allegiance  or  de- 
pendence upon  the  crown  or  parliament  of  Great  Britain." 
Nathaniel  studied  law,  and  in  1796  opened  law  offices  in  New 
York  City,  and  there  married  Susannah,  a  sister  of  Dr.  Samuel 
Bard.  Washington  suggested  his  name  for  Secretary  of  State, 
but  the  suggestion  was  opposed  by  Alexander  Hamilton,  who 
feared  that  he  was  "somewhat  tainted  with  the  prejudices  of 
Mr.  Jefferson  and  Mr.  Madison."  Later  he  became  a  close 
personal  friend  to  Hamilton  and  was  his  second  in  the  famous 
duel,  Hamilton  dying  in  his  arms.  He  was  a  delegate  to  the 
convention  of  1787,  which  framed  the  Constitution  of  the 
United  States,  though  being  absent  on  the  last  day  of  its  ses- 
sions, he  failed  to  sign  the  document.  He  attained  eminence  at 
the  bar  in  New  York.  In  consequence  of  the  strong  affections  of 
the  Bard  family,  he,  too,  naturally  made  Hyde  Park  his  country 
home,  and  became  Judge  of  Duchess  County.  Some  of  his 
descendants  of  the  fifth  generation  are  still  resident  here,  and 
it  is  the  burial  place  of  the  family.  He  died  in  Hyde  Park 
October  20,  1821. 


WILLIAM    HARD 
After  a  portrail  owned  bj  his  gran  Idaughter,  Mr*  Charles  A.  Moran. 


S.  J  a  me  s  C  hur  ch  37 

WILLIAM  BROOM 

Vestryman  1812 

William  Broom  (born  in  Bristol,  England,  Nov.  27,  1769), 
whose  wife  was  Annike  Crooke,  widow  of  Colonel  William 
Barber,  lived  at  Bellefield,  the  present  residence  of  Mr.  Thomas 
Newbold.  He  was  a  merchant  in  New  York  City.  Charles 
Crooke,  the  father  of  Mrs.  Broom,  owned  eighteen  hundred 
acres  along  the  Hudson  south  of  the  village,  and  it  was  he  who 
set  out  the  trees,  for  a  mile  upon  the  public  highway,  which  are 
so  great  an  adornment  of  the  road  to  Poughkeepsie,  and  so 
great  a  comfort  to  summer  travelers. 

A  tradition  in  the  Crooke  family  has  it  that  the  timbers  for 
old  Christ  Church  in  Poughkeepsie  were  cut  upon  the  Crooke 
place,  and  brought  to  town  by  his  oxen,  being  a  gift  for  the 
erection  of  the  church  in  which  he  was  deeply  interested. 
William  Broom  and  Ann  (Crooke)  Barber  were  married  by 
the  Rev.  Philander  Chase,  later  the  famous  pioneer  Bishop, 
on  July  8,  1801.  Broom's  eldesl  child  Mary  was  the  wife 
first  of  Edward  P.  Livingston  and  second  of  Judge  Charles 
Ruggles.  He  left  two  sons  Charles  and  John.  He  died  in 
Albany,  January  17,  1830,  in  his  sixty-second  year.  The  in- 
scription upon  his  wife's  tombstone  reads  as  follows.  "Sacred 
to  the  memory  of  Ann  Broom,  daughter  of  Charles  Crooke. 
born  at  Crum  Elbow,  April  14,  1765,  died  at  Brookside,  Pough- 
keepsie, April  27,  1856,  in  the  NOtli  year  of  her  age". 


WILLIAM  BARD 

Vestryman  1812.     Senior    Warden    1822-1827.     Junior   War- 
den 1827-1829 

William  Bard,  son  of  Dr.  Samuel  and  Mary  Bard  was 
born  in  Philadelphia  April  4,  1778.  He  was  graduated 
from  Columbia  College  in  the  class  of  1798,  and  directly  be- 
gan the  study  of  law  under  Judge  Maturin  Livingston.  On 
October  7,  1802, in  Trinity  Church,  New  York,  he  was  married 
to  Miss  Catharine    Cruger,  daughter  of  Nicholas  and  Anna 


38  //  i  8  t  o  r  i  c  a  I    N  0  t  e  s  of 

(de  Nully)  Cruger.  Dr.  Bard  made  over  to  him  an  estate, 
from  a  portion  of  Hyde  Park,  and  his  wife  inheriting  a  large 
fortune  from  her  grandmother,  Madame  de  Xully  of  the  Island 
of  San  Croix,  W.  I.,  they  built  a  house  and  set  up  an  establish- 
ment and  named  the  place  "de  Nully".  Upon  the  death  of 
his  father  and  mother  William  Bard  took  possession  of  the 
paternal  home  and  there  kept  up  the  same  extended  hospitali- 
ties as  did  his  father.  Bishop  Moore  had  officiated  at  William 
Bard's  wedding,  and  his  son,  the  Rev.  Clement  Moore,  was  very 
intimate  in  the  family  at  Hyde  Park,  and  he  read  to  the  chil- 
dren his  much  beloved  poem  "The  Night  Before  Christmas" 
from  the  manuscript  before  it  ever  was  published.  After  the 
Revolution,  the  old  families,  long  seated  on  domains  on  the 
Hudson  began  to  be  regarded  with  no  friendly  eye.  Those  of 
them  who  were  members  of  the  Cincinnati  were  looked  upon  as 
aristocrats  not  to  be  tolerated.  William  Bard  saw  that  the  day 
of  his  ancestors  and  their  traditional  life  was  passing.  Again,  a 
large  family  of  children  had  grown  up,  and  they  pressed  him  to 
remove  to  the  city.  With  "a  heavy  heart"  he  sold  Hyde  Park 
to  Dr.  David  Hosack,  and  about  1826  removed  to  New  York. 
He  was  pressed  to  take  the  presidency  of  Columbia  College, 
but  he  knew  he  had  not  the  dominating  character  for  such 
leadership.  His  influence  was  great,  but  from  example,  and  a 
singular  perfection  of  the  religious  side  of  his  nature.  He  was 
preeminently  a  scholar,  Five  o'clock  every  morning  found 
him  at  his  studies  and  reading.  He  founded  the  New  York 
Life  Insurance  and  Trust  Co.,  and  was  its  president.  He  was 
active  in  the  benevolent  doings  of  his  day.  He  never  began 
his  business  duties  until  he  had  attended  Morning  Prayer  in 
Trinity  Church.  He  died  October  17,  1853,  in  his  home  at 
Staten  Island  and  his  body  lies  buried  in  a  family  vault  in 
Saint  Marks  churchyard  on  the  Bowery.  It  is  evident  from 
the  dates  above  that  the  parish  would  not  listen  to  his  resig- 
nation as  Senior  Warden  immediately  upon  his  moving  from 
Hyde  Park. 


I  Will-   Dl    \\K   LIVINGSTON 

After  a  miniature  painted  bj  Carlsenin  1809.     Through  the  courtesy  of  the 
family  of  the  late  Charles  James  Livingston. 


WILLIAM    ALEXANDER   DUER. 
After  a  portrait  by  Benry  Inman,  In  the  possession  of  Columbia  Universitj    N  *> 


/\ 


S.  James  Church  39 

CHRISTOPHER  HUGHES,  2d 
Vestryman  1812 

Christopher  Hughes, 2d,  was  the  son  of  Captain  Christopher 
Hughes  (b.  Sept.  17,  1745;  d.  May  22,  1805),  the  first  of  the 
name  in  these  parts.  Captain  Christopher  was  engaged  in 
trading  with  the  West  Indies,  and  made  New  Haven  his  home 
port,  where  his  son  was  horn  August  14,  I??--'.  He  married  as 
his  second  wife  Abigail  Mulford  of  Staatsburgh,  and  made  that 
town  hi.s  home.  There  is  a  tradition  that  upon  his  settlement 
here  he  brought  all  his  wealth  in  Continental  paper  money. 
that  in  some  manner  it  was  water  soaked,  that  he  and  his 
mate  hired  a  room  in  a  home  north  of  the  church,  in  which  to 
spread  out  and  dry  the  hills.  He  bought  land  north  of  Staats- 
burgh. 

For  his  son  he  boughl  a  farm  between  S.  James  and  Staats- 
burgh. Christopher,  -2d.  was  married  December  12,  lS;}-2,to 
Rachel  Pawling,  who  died  November  22,  1850,  while  he  died 
May  30,   1856. 

JAMES  DC  \\i:  1,1  \  [NGSTON 
Vestryman  1812 

James  Duane  Livingston,  of  "The  Locusts*',  Staatsburgh-on- 

Hudson,  X.  Y.,  and  a  member  of  the  firsl  Vestry  of  S.  June-. 
Church,  Hyde  Park,  was  bom  in  the  City  of  New  York,  on 
Sept  em  her  1,1786.  He  was  the  youngest  son  of  Robert  "( lam- 
bridge"  Livingston  and  Alice  Swift,  his  wife,  and  a  grandson  of 

Robert    Livingston,    third      and    last)    Lord    of    the    Manor   of 

Livingston.  lie  was  graduated  from  Columbia  College  in  the 
Class  of  1804,  studied  law  in  the  office  of  Peter  Van  Schaaek, 
of  Kinderhook  with  the  son  of  Alexander  Hamilton  and  other 
sons  of  prominent  New  York  families,  and  was  admitted  to  the 
Bar,  by  Chancellor  Kent,  in  1810.  On  October  9,  1809,  he 
was  married  by  Bp.  White,  of  Pennsylvania,  to  his  cousin, 
Sarah  Swift,  of  Philadelphia,  at  the  country  residence  of  her 
father,  Charles  Swift,  "Croyden  Lodge",  Bucks  Co.,  Pa.  Mr. 
Livingston  made  his  home  in  Staatsburgh  for  about  twenty- 


40  Historical    X  otes  of 

five  years,  and  all  but  one  of  his  ten  children  were  born  there. 
They  are  all  (but  one)  buried  with  their  parents,  in  S.  James 
churchyard. 

After  the  death  of  his  wife,  in  1835,  Mr.  Livingston  decided 
to  move  to  New  York,  and  sold  "The  Locusts"  to  Robert 
Emmet,  Esq.  His  own  death  followed  shortly  after,  on  June 
25,  1837.  He  left  but  one  son,  the  late  Charles  James  Living- 
ston of  New  York,  and  daughters,  Alice,  who  married  Howard 
Tillotson,  Esq.;  Julia,  wife  of  Hon.  Charles  A.  Peabody;  and 
Louisa,  wife  of  Oliver  H.  Jones,  Esq,  of  New  York  and  Long 
Island.     The  others  died  unmarried,  in  early  life. 

WILLIAM  ALEXANDER  DUER 

Vestryman  1812 

William  Alexander  Duer,  son  of  William  and  Catherine 
(Alexander)  Duer  was  born  in  Rhinebeck  on  September  8,  1780. 
He  served  as  a  midshipman  under  Decatur  in  1798,  and  stu- 
died law  in  Philadelphia,  and  later  in  the  office  of  Nathaniel 
Pendleton  in  New  York,  being  admitted  to  the  bar  in  1802. 
He  married  Hannah  Maria,  daughter  of  William  Denning,  a 
merchant  of  New  York  on  September  11,  1806,  and  soon  after 
they  removed  to  New  Orleans,  where  he  was  in  the  law  office 
of  Edward  Livingston,  and  familiarized  himself  with  Spanish 
civil  law.  As  his  wife  disliked  living  so  far  from  her  kin  he  re- 
turned to  the  north  and  settled  in  Rhinebeck,  practising  law 
until  he  was  raised  to  the  Supreme  Bench  of  the  State  in  1822, 
when  he  removed  to  Albany.  He  was  elected  President  of 
Columbia  College,  December  9,  1829,  and  thereupon  resigned 
his  judgeship.  In  1843,  owing  to  ill  health,  he  resigned  the 
presidency  of  Columbia  and  removed  to  Morristown,  N.  J. 
There,  and  in  the  neighborhood,  he  lived  until  his  death  which 
occurred  in  New  York  City,  May  30,  1858,  while  he  was  visiting 
a  married  daughter.  During  his  years  of  leisure  he  contribu- 
ted to  various  magazines  many  papers  and  sketches  of  old 
New  York  and  its  history,  writing,  also,  at  the  request  of  Wash- 
ington Irving,  recollections  of  Washington  and  his  family  with 
whom  he  was  intimate  while  a  boy, 


II  I  I  -  DUTTON. 

After  a  portrait.    Through  the  courtesy  <>f  Mr-,  s.  p.  Form  an,  of  New  York. 


S.  James  Church  41 

He  could  remember  seeing  General  Washington  at  the  time 
he  gave  his  farewell  address,  though  but  nineteen  at  the  time 
of  Washington's  death. 

TITUS  DUTTON 

Vestryman  1815 

Titus  Dntton  (son  of  Sir  William  Dutton  of  England)  was 
born  in  Middletown,  Conn.,  in  1747.  He  served  through  the 
Revolutionary  War  as  Lieutenant  of  the  Connecticut  Conti- 
nental Line.  He  married  Elizabeth  Scott  and  had  four  children 
when  they  removed  to  Hyde  Park  in  17!)7.  He  learned  the 
work  of  a  carpenter  and  cabinetmaker,  and  some  of  the  rush- 
bottom  chairs  that  he  made  for  his  children,  and  which  have 
been  in  daily  use  for  a  hundred  years,  are  as  strong  and  good  as 
ever. 

Ilis  oldest  child  Mary  (Polly)  married  William  Stoutcnburgh 
and  had  eight  children.  Two  of  her  boys  went  to  California, 
two  others  were  physicians.  Two  daughters  died  unmarried 
and  Mary  married  Rev.  Mr.  Quinn.  The  descendants  of  at 
least  one  of  her  sons  have  readied  the  fourth  generation  of 
Stoutenburghs. 

His  third  child  Charles  was  thought  to  have  been  losl  al  sea. 

The  fourth  child,  Samuel  Beldon  Dntton,  horn  July  is,  1795, 
married  in  S.  James  Church,  Oct.-,  1820,  Catherine  Vander- 
burgh and  had  three  children-  The  eldesl  <>f  these,  Charles 
Titus  Dntton.  ninety-one  years  old,  and  a  greal  grandfather 
is  living  in  Wilkinsburgh  a  suburb  of  Pittsburg,  Pa. 

Five  years  after  the  death  of  his  wife.  S.  B.  Dutton  married 
her  youngest  sister  Eliza  DeWitt  Vanderburgh  in  S.  James 
Church,  Oct.  22,  1829,  and  after  a  tally-ho  ride  to  Poughkeepsie 
and  a  wedding  journey  to  New  York  City  (via  a  sloop  winch 
took  longer  than  it  does  to  go  to  Europe  today)  they  settled  in 
Poughkeepsie.  They  had  one  daughter  who  married  S.  P. 
Forman.  She  is  80  years  old  and  now  living  in  New  York  City 
with  her  daughter  Grace  Forman. 

The  bodies  of  Titus  Dutton  and  his  wife  and  daughter-in- 
law,  Catherine  V.  Dutton,  lie  buried  in  S.  James  churchyard. 


42 


Historical   N u t e $  of 


SENIOR  WARDENS 


Samuel  Hard, 
William  Bard, 

Morgan  Lewis, 
John  Johnston, 
James  Russell, 
Elias  Butler, 
Christopher  Hughes  3d, 
James  Roosevelt, 
Archibald  Rogers, 


1812 — 1822 

1822—1827 

1827— 1830 

1836—1850 

1850—1807* 

1807—1878 

1879—1894 

1894—1901 

1901— 


(See  page  32) 
(See  page  37) 
(See  page  34) 
(See  page  35) 


JUNIOR  WARDENS 


Morgan  Lewis,  1812—1827 

William  Bard,  1827—1829 

John  Johnston,  1829—1830 

Edmund  Henry  Pendleton,  1830—1837 

James  Russell,  1837—1850 

David  Johnston,  1850—1858 

Edmund  Henry  Pendleton,  1858— 1807* 

Christopher  Hughes  3d,  1807—1879 

Nathaniel  Pendleton  Rogers,  1879—1892 

James  Roosevelt,  1892—1894 

Archibald  Rogers,  1894—1901 

Samuel  Braman  Sexton,  1901 — 1903 

S.  Nicholson  Kane,  1903—1900 

John  Hopkins,  1900— 


(See  page  34) 
(See  page  37) 
(See  page  35) 


♦There  are  no  records  of  elections  from  1861   to  1SG7. 
tinued,  so  far  as  anything  was  done  during  war  times. 


Presumably  the  old  vestry  con- 


ELIAS  BUTLER. 


S.  James  Church  43 

JAMES  RUSSELL 

Vestryman  1828.     Junior  Warden  1837-1850.     Senior  Warden 

1850-1857 

James  Russell  was  the  son  of  Isaac  Russell  who  was  elected 
to  the  vestry  in  1815.  The  son,  born  in  Staatsburgh,  Septem- 
ber 24,  1779,  soon  followed  the  father  as  vestryman  and  for 
thirty  years  served  as  a  member  of  that  body.  He  was  deeply 
interested  in  the  early  beginnings  of  the  mission  in  Staatsburgh 
the  first  services  being  held  in  his  house,  while  postmaster, 
which  office  he  filled  for  many  years.  On  December  19,  182--\ 
he  was  married  to  Sally  Gibbs.  Their  descendants  are  still 
residents  of  Staatsburgh. 

ELIAS  BUTLER 

Vestryman  1845-1878.      Senior  Warden  1867-1878 

Elias  Butler,  born  January  13,  lsoi;,  was  a  Dative  of  tin- 
Slate  of  New  York  and  earlyentered  upon  ;i  business  career. 
In  1842  he  retired  from  active  business  and  purchased  the 
place  in  Hyde  Park  called  Crumwold.  Here  he  spent  the  re- 
mainder of  his  life,  enjoying  his  library  ;md  the  oversight  of 
the  farm  and  the  garden  with  it-  greenhouses  and  vinery,  lb- 
took  great  interest  in  politics,  though  he  never  would  accept 
any  office.  He  was  always  a  devoted  and  energetic  member 
of  the  parish.     He  died  April  29,  1878. 

CHRISTOPHER  HUGHES,  3d* 

Vestryman  1850.    Junior  Warden  1867-1879.     Senior 
Warden  1879-1894 

Christopher  Hughes,  :>d.  was  the  son  of  Christopher  and 
Rachel  (Pawling)  Hughes.  He  was  born  July  31,  1805, 
married  Dee.  12,  1832,  Sarah  Lamoree,  and  died  May  28, 
1903.  He  was  a  farmer  and  good  citizen  of  the  type  wliich 
have  made  this  nation  and  have  been  the  backbone  of  its 
liberties  and  institutions.     In   18S3  Governor  Wm.  L.  Marcy 

plate  lacing  pag' 


44  //  i  a  t  o  r  i  c  a  I   X  ot  e  s  of 

appointed  him  Junior  Cornet  in  the  23d  Regiment  of  Cavalry, 
and  the  following  year  he  was  made  a  Captain  therein.  He 
served  for  many  years  as  a  School  Trustee,  and  also  as  Super- 
visor of  the  town.  He  was  regularly  at  the  services  in  S. 
James  with  his  family,  and  when  Sunday  evening  came  would 
get  his  lantern,  and  hitch  up  his  horses  to  drive  to  Staatsburgh 
to  attend  the  service  there,  thus  helping  the  beginnings  of  the 
mission  there,  which  have  resulted  in  S.  Margarets  parish,  in 
which  his  descendants  are  still  loyal  workers. 


JAMES  ROOSEVELT 

Vestryman  1858.     Junior  Warden  1892-1894 
Senior  Warden  1894-1901 

James  Roosevelt,  a  descendant  of  Isaac  Roosevelt,  one  of  the 
first  senators  from  this  state  was  born  on  July  16,  1828. 

He  was  graduated  from  Union  College  in  the  class  of  1847 
and  thereafter  studied  and  traveled  in  Europe  for  two  years. 
Subsequently  he  studied  law  in  the  Harvard  Law  School,  and 
entered  the  office  of  Benjamin  D.  Silliman  in  New  York.  He 
was  called  from  his  profession  into  the  management  of  impor- 
tant corporations,  holding  offices  as  president,  trustee,  and 
director  of  railway,  transportation  and  trust  companies.  He 
was  a  manager  of  the  Hudson  River  State  Hospital,  and  a 
member  of  the  Board  of  State  Charities  and  of  many  charitable 
institutions  in  various  parts  of  the  State.  He  spent  as  much  of 
his  time  each  year  as  his  manifold  duties  would  permit,  at  his 
country  place,  in  Hyde  Park,  which  he  dearly  loved,  and  took 
an  active  interest  in  the  local  affairs  of  the  town,  having  been 
for  years  especially  devoted  to  the  welfare  of  the  public  school. 
As  vestryman  and  warden  he  served  Saint  James  parish  with 
constant  zeal.  Actively  useful  as  a  business  man,  a  philan- 
thropic and  public  spirited  citizen,  he  was  the  very  ideal  of  a 
gentleman  of  the  old  school,  witnessing  by  his  kindliness  and 
charm  of  manner  to  the  nobility  and  honor  of  his  inner  Chris- 
tian character. 

He  died  December  8,  1900. 


•I  \MKS   ROOSEVELT 


S.  James  Church  45 

He  married  first  Rebecca  Rowland  in  185-2.  He  married  as 
his  second  wife  Sara  Delano,  1880.  Each  of  whom  bore  to 
him  a  son,  James  Roosevelt  Roosevelt  and  Franklin  Delano 
Roosevelt,  both  of  whom  are  serving  upon  the  present  parish 
vestry. 

At  a  Vestry  meeting  on  January  13,  1901,  the  following 
"minute"  was  voted  to  be  placed  upon  the  records  of  the  parish : 

"It  is  our  sad  but  heartfelt  privilege  to  offer  our  sincere  tri- 
bute of  respect  to  the  memory  of  our  late  associate,  the  Senior 
Warden  of  the  parish,  Mr.  James  Roosevelt.  Xo  long  and 
elaborate  eulogy  would  be  suitable  for  him,  who  in  such  a 
modest  and  retiring  way,  gave  much  of  his  time  to  the  interests 
of  this  parish,  but  a  brief  expression  of  loving  appreciation  may 
not  seem  inappropriate. 

Born  of  honorable  lineage,  he  wrought  out  with  singular 
fidelity  those  traits  of  character  which  constitute  a  useful  and 
dignified  life.  Mr.  Roosevelt  was  one  of  the  first  lay  members 
of  the  Duchess  Convocation,  now  the  Archdeaconry  of  Duch- 
ess, and  always  afterwards  continued  to  act  as  representative 
of  this  parish  in  that  body.  He  was  for  more  than  forty  years 
a  Vestryman  and  Warden  of  Saint  James  Church,  and  at  the 
time  of  his  death  was  one  of  its  delegates  to  the  Dioce-an  ( !on- 
vention. 

An  upright  Christian  man,  full  of  kindness  and  helpfulness 
he  adorned  the  doctrine  of  Christ  our  Saviour,  by  n  consistent 
walk  and  holy  life. 

He  is  sadly  missed  in  the  church  which  lie  so  faithfully  served 
but  our  sore  trial  of  separation  is  mingled  with  the  comforting 
assurance  that  he  rests  in  Paradise." 

"Blessed  are  the  dead,  who  die  in  the  Lord". 

ARCHIBALD  ROGERS* 

Vestryman  188-2.     Junior  Warden  1891-1001 
Senior  Warden  1901- 

Archibald  Rogers,  son  of  Edmund  Pendleton  and  Virginia 
(Dummer)  Rogers  was  born  in  Jersey  City,  on  February  22, 
1852.     He  is  a  grandson  of  Archibald  and  Anna  Pierce  (Pen- 
*See  plate  facing  page  30. 


46  //  i  s  t  0  r  i  c  a  I    N  o  t  c  s  of 

tlleton)  Rogers,  his  grandmother  being  the  daughter  of  Nathan- 
iel and  Susannah  (Bard)  Pendleton,  the  latter  a  sister  of  Dr. 
Samuel  Bard,  therefore  church  building  and  fostering  is  a 
natural  inheritance  of  his  blood.  He  was  educated  as  a 
Mechanical  Engineer  in  the  Sheffield  Scientific  School  of  Yale 
University  in  the  class  of  1873. 

Before  graduation,  for  practical  experience  he  served  an  ap- 
prenticeship in  the  Rogers  Locomotive  Works  in  Patersou, 
N.  J.,  and  the  following  year  went  around  the  Horn  to  China 
and  return  as  Assistant  Engineer  on  the  City  of  Tokio.  He  was 
engaged  in  constructive  engineering  on  the  D.,  L.  and  W. 
tunnel,  and  later  also  on  railway  construction  in  Wisconsin, 
where  the  first  year  of  his  married  life  was  spent,  making  a 
home  and  headquarters  in  Milwaukee.  He  was  married  May 
11,  1880,  in  Saint  Bartholomews  church,  New  York,  to  Anne 
Caroline  Coleman,  only  daughter  of  William  and  Susan  Ellen 
(Habersham)  Coleman  of  Cornwall,  Pa.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Archi- 
bald Rogers  rented  Drayton  House,  a  property  south  of  the 
old  Pendleton  place,  Placentia,  where  they  lived  until  May, 
1889,  when  they  moved  into  Crumwold  Hall,  south  of  the  vil- 
lage. They  purchased  several  adjoining  places  which  were 
thrown  together  as  Crumwold  Farm. 

In  partnership  with  a  cousin  Edmund  Pendleton  Livingston, 
he  ran  a  ranch  in  Wyoming,  which  took  him  often  West,  and 
being  a  keen  sportsman  he  had  many  a  bear  hunt  in  the  Rocky 
Mountains. 

Mr.  Rogers  has  been  greatly  interested  in  scientific  forestry, 
a  goodly  part  of  the  broad  acres  of  Crumwold  being  wooded, 
and  many  tens  of  thousands  of  young  trees  having  been  set 
out  on  the  place.  He  has  been  a  leader  in  ice  boating  on  the 
Hudson,  his  engineering  skill  coming  into  play,  as  all  his  boats 
are  constructed  from  his  own  designs,  and  he  has  won  a  great 
number  of  trophies.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Rogers  keep  an  ever  open 
house  at  Crumwold  Hall,  entertaining  with  most  gracious  and 
charming  hospitality.  As  Senior  Warden,  Mr.  Rogers  has 
given  a  great  deal  of  time  and  thought  and  money  to  the  care 
of  the  church  properties,  and  the  beauty  of  the  surroundings  of 
the  church  in  largely  due  to  his  thought  and  labor. 


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S.  James  Church  47 

EDMUND  HENRY  PENDLETON 

Junior  Warden  1836-37,  1858-62 

Edmund  Henry  Pendleton  was  the  eldest  son  of  Nathaniel 
Pendleton.  He  lived  at  Hyde  Park,  Duchess  County,  New 
York,  and  eventually  filled  his  father's  place  as  an  attorney  at 
the  bar  in  Poughkeepsie.  On  January  16,  1830,  he  was  elected 
County  Judge  of  Duchess  County,  and  he  held  that  position 
ten  years.  He  was  a  Represent  at  ive  in  Congress  for  New  York 
State  1831-1833.  He  married  Frances  Maria  Jones,  daughter 
of  John  Jones  of  New  York.  In  the  year  1836  he  went  to 
Europe  and  after  his  return  spent  the  remainder  of  his  life 
principally  at  Hyde  Park  and  in  New  York  City.  He  died  on 
February  25,  1862,  without  issue. 

DAVID  JOHNSTON 

Vestryman  1845.     Junior  Warden  1850-1858 

David  Johnston,  a  son  of  Judge  John  and  Susannah  i  Hard) 
Johnston,  was  born  in  Hyde  Park  at  "Bellefield,"  now  owned 
by  Mr.  Thomas  Newbold,  on  August  20,  1812.  In  early  child- 
hood he  had  a  severe  fall,  which  crippled  one  side  of  his  body. 
This  unfitted  him  for  active  life,  consequently  he  occupied 
himself  with  the  care  of  the  place  having  at  one  time  a  nursery 
of  young  trees.  He  also  developed  quite  an  artistic  taste, 
cutting  cameos  with  great  success.  He  died,  unmarried, 
January  23,  187-2. 

NATHANIEL  PENDLETON  ROGERS 

Nathaniel  Pendleton  Rogers,  late  of  Hyde  Park,  Duchess 
County,  New  York,  was  born  April  29,  1822,  at  the  house  of 
his  grandfather,  Moses  Rogers,  Number  7  State  Street,  New 
York  City.  In  his  early  life  he  practised  law  in  New  York, 
and  in  1849  he  married  Miss  Emily  Moulton.  After  a  number 
of  years  he  retired  from  the  active  practice  of  the  law  in  New 
York  and  spent  his  summers  at  his  country  place  at  Hyde  Park 
on  Hudson,  which  had  been  purchased  by  Mr.  Rogers'  grand- 
father, Nathaniel  Pendleton,  who  named  it  "Placentia".  Mr. 
Rogers'  father,  Archibald  Rogers,  married  in  the  year  1820 


48  //  i  8  tori  c  a  I    N  0  i  e  a  of 

Anna  Pierce  Pendleton,  a  daughter  of  Nathaniel,  and  Susan 
(Hani)  Pendleton.  The  latter  was  a  daughter  of  Dr.  John 
Hard,  Nathaniel  Pendleton  Rogers  was  the  eldest  son,  and  his 
brothers  and  sisters  were  Julia  Ann;  Archibald,  who  died  in 
1831;  Edmund  Pendleton;  Philip  Clayton;  Archibald,  who 
died  in  183G;  and  Susan  Hard  Rogers,  who  became  the  wife  of 
Herman  T.  Livingston.  Mr.  Rogers  was  a  grandson  of  Moses 
Rogers,  an  old  time  merchant  of  New  York,  who  was  born  in 
1750  and  died  in  1825.  Moses  Rogers  was  one  of  the  founders 
of  Grace  Church,  New  York.  He  married  Sarah  Woolsey  and 
had  four  children,  one  of  whom  was  Archibald  Rogers,  the 
father  of  Nathaniel  Pendleton  Rogers.  Mr.  Rogers'  maternal 
grandfather  was  Nathaniel  Pendleton.     (See  page  36.) 

Nathaniel  Pendleton  Rogers  died  on  April  22, 1892,  leaving 
him  surviving  his  eldest  son,  Henry  Pendleton  Rogers,  who 
married  Mary  Shillito  of  Cincinnati,  Ohio;  his  daughters  Anna 
Pendleton  Fuller,  the  wife  of  Charles  D.  Fuller  of  New  York; 
and  Elizabeth  M.  Rawson,  the  wife  of  Edward  Stephen  Raw- 
son  of  Cincinnati,  Ohio;  and  two  other  sons,  Nathaniel  P. 
Rogers,  who  married  Katharine  Witherspoon;  and  John  Bard 
Rogers,  who  married  Daisy  F.  Wells.  There  are  numerous 
grandchildren  and  also  several  great  grandchildren.  A  daugh- 
ter of  Nathaniel  Pendleton  Rogers,  Frances  Maria  Rogers, 
predeceased  her  father,  having  died  at  the  age  of  eleven  years, 
on  the  third  day  of  May,  18G7. 

SAMUEL  BRAMAN  SEXTON 

Yestryman  1893.     Warden  1901-1903 

Samuel  Braman  Sexton,  son  of  Samuel  John  Mills  and  Caro- 
line (Braman)  Sexton  was  born  in  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.,  July  19, 
1869.  The  family  removed  to  Hyde  Park  in  1870,  where  he 
was  educated  by  private  tutors  and  at  Colonel  Lester's  School 
in  Poughkeepsie.  He  entered  Columbia  Law  School  in  1886, 
but  was  forced  by  reason  of  ill  health  to  leave  after  completing 
the  second  year  of  the  course.  He  traveled  extensively  in 
Europe  hoping  to  regain  his  health.  He  died  in  Augusta, 
Georgia,  April  19,  1903. 


AMI  EL  BKAMAN   SEXTON 


S.  James  Church  49 

S.  NICHOLSON  KANE* 

Vestryman  1890.     Junior  Warden  1903-1906 

S.  Nicholson  Kane,  son  of  DeLancey  and  Louisa  (Langdon) 
Kane,  grandson  of  Walter  and  Dorothea  (Astor)  Langdon, 
and  nephew  of  Walter  Langdon,  Jr.,  owners  of  "Hyde  Park," 
whose  graves  are  in  S.  James  churchyard,  lived  at  c23  West  47th 
Street,  New  York,  but  he  spent  much  of  his  time  with  his 
uncle  at  Hyde  Park  during  the  last  eight  years  of  the  hitter's 
life,  so  naturally  becoming  interested  in  the  old  parish  church, 
and  a  member  of  its  vestry.  He  was  born  on  July  v2,  1840, 
and  died  November  15,  1900.  He  entered  the  U.  S.  Naval 
Academy  in  1862  and  graduated  at  the  head  of  his  class,  being 
also  Adjutant  of  the  Academy.  After  a  cruise  in  the  West 
Indies,  he  became  personal  aide  to  Admiral  Parragllt  on  the 
Flagship  Franklin,  visiting  European  courts  with  him.  Re- 
signing from  the  navy,  he  went  to  England  and  entered  Cam- 
bridge University.  After  graduation  he  returned  home  and  en- 
tered the  Albany  Law  School,  from  which  he  graduated  in  1s7  I 
as  valedictorian  of  the  class  and  was  admitted  to  the  bar.  Soon 
afterwards  his  old  taste  for  the  navy  showed  itself  in  his  in- 
teresl  in  yachting,  and  ;i>  owner  of  the  yacht  Restless  he  be- 
came Commodore  of  the  New  York  Yacht  Club.  For  many 
years  he  was  chairman  of  the  Regatta  Committee,  which  car- 
pied  to  success  so  many  of  the  international  competitions  lor 
the  American  Cup.  At  the  breaking  out  of  the  Spanish  War 
he  offered  himself  to  the  government  and  was  assigned  to  duty 
on  the  Saint  Paul,  and  was  highly  commended  in  official  des- 
patches. He  was  always  greatly  interested  in  the  affairs  of  the 
Church,  serving  many  years  as  a  vestryman  of  S.  Clements 
Parish,  New  York,  serving  also  for  many  years  ;is  a  member  of 
the  Standing  Committee  of  the  Diocese,  and  also  as  Vice- 
President  of  The  (  lunch  Club.  He  was  particularly  intereste  I 
in  the  National  Geographical  Society,  and  in  the  various  polar 
expeditions.  Mr.  Kane's  intellectual  equipment  tor  life  had 
been  broad,  which  added  to  personal  qualities  of  character, 

plate  facing  pngi-  82, 


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naturally  gave  to  his  career  a  broad  and  varied  usefulness. 
To  him  nothing  was  alien  that  concerned  the  well  being  of  his 
country,  his  state,  or  his  city,  and  he  was  unfaltering  in  his 
devotion  to  his  church. 


JOHN  HOPKINS 

Vestryman  1891.     Junior  Warden  1906- 

John  Hopkins,  son  of  Dr.  William  Harrison  and  Jemima 
(Van  Bcnschoten)  Hopkins  was  born  July  8, 1845,  in  the  town 
of  La  Grange  of  old  Duchess  county  stock.  His  mother  was 
a  descendant  of  that  Thcunis  Eliasen  Van  Benschoten,  who  is 
found  at  Esopus  in  1671,  being  the  head  of  the  family  in  this 
country.  His  father  was  village  doctor  from  1870  to  1890, 
during  which  years  he  also  conducted  the  village  drug  store, 
which  business  the  son  today  continues. 

Mr.  Hopkins  has  been  postmaster  since  1897  under  four 
administrations.  He  has  been  treasurer  of  the  parish  for 
twenty-two  years  and  has  represented  the  parish  in  the  diocesan 
council  with  continued  regularity.  He  is  one  of  the  men  who 
quitely  do  a  large  share  of  the  world's  work  without  the  fact 
being  realized  by  half  of  their  neighbors. 


THE  PRESENT  VESTRY 

Archibald  Rogers,  Senior  Warden       John  Hopkins,  Junior  Warden 
In  Order  of  Seniority  of  Election 


James  Roosevelt  Roosevelt. 
Elbridge  T.  Gerry. 

James  Henry  Ilorrocks. 
Gerald  Livingston  Hoyt. 


Henry  Myers. 
Ellsworth  Martin  Crapser. 
Franklin  Delano  Roosevelt. 
Edmund  Pendleton  Rogers. 


.K»ll\    linl'MN- 


<S.  James  Church 


51 


VESTRYMEN 

The  dates  of  first  election  only  are  given,  as  many  served 
broken  terms,  a  few  years  of  service,  an  interval  (probably  of 
absence  in  New  York)  and  again  years  of  service. 

For  convenience  names  are  ordered  alphabetically  rather 
than  in  chronological  order. 


Allen,  Benjamin,  1819 

Allen,  Theodore,  1838 

Bard,  Samuel,  181-2 

Bard,  William,  1812 

Broome,  William,  1812 

Butler,  Elias,  184.5 

Carter,  Israel  M.,  1855 

Collins,  David  Jr.,  1835 

Cowman,  Augustus  Thomas,  1837 
Crapser,  Ellsworth  Martin.  1904 
I)ul)lis,  Benjamin  Burroughs  1875 
Duer,  William  Alexander,       1812 

1812 
ism; 

1813 
ism 
is:;  j 
is:.' 
183(i 
1828 
1829 
1891 


Dutton,  Titus, 
Emmet,  William  C, 
Fuller,  Dudley  B., 
(Jerry,  Elbridge  T., 

Hale,  Elisha 
Henderson,  John, 

Ilincliman.  John, 

Him •liman.  William, 
Holbrook,  Ephraim, 

Hopkins,  John, 
Hopkins,  William  Harrison,  1ST8 
Horrocks,  James  Henry,  1900 
Hosack,  David,  1835 

Howard,  Thomas  Howard,  1899 

Iloyt,  Gerald  Livingston,  L901 

Hoy t,  Henry  Sheaff,  1889 

Hughes,  Brooks,  1852 

Hughes,  Christopher  2d,  1812 

Hughes,  Christopher  3d,  1850 

Hughes,  Miles,  1871 

Johnston,  David,  1845 

Johnston,  John,  1812 

Johnston,  Francis  Upton,  18G7 


Jones,  James  I.,  1850 

Kane,  S.  Xieholson,  IS!  u 

kmrland.  Henry,  183G 

Laight,  William  E.,  1830' 

Langdon,  Walter  Jr..  1847 

Livingston,  James  Duane,  L812 

Livingstqin,  MalMrin.  ls.n 

Livingston,  Maturin,  18G7 

Low  ades,  Raw  lins,  1875 

Blosher,  Nathan  H.,  1855 

Myers,  Henry,  L901 

Newbold,  Thomas  N.,  1878 

Northrup,  Charles  W..  1875 

Pendleton,  Edmund  H.,  1822 

Pendleton,  Edmund  II..  1857 

Pendleton,  Nathaniel,  1812 

Rogers,  Archibald,  1st,  1839 

Rogers,  Archibald,  2d,  L882 

Rogers,  Edmund  Pendleton,  1906 

Rogers,  Henry  Pendleton,  1892 

Rogers,  James,  1813 

Rogers,  Nathaniel  Pendleton  18(i8 

Roosevelt,  Franklin  Delano,  1906 

Roosevelt,  James,  1858 

Roosevelt,  James  Roosevelt,  1879 

Roosevelt,  John  A.,  1889 

Russell,  Isaac,  1815 

Russell,  James,  1828 

Sexton,  Samuel  B.,  1893 

Sherrill.  Hunting,  1820 

Spencer,  Reuben,  1815 

Yanwart,  H.,  1856 

Van  Vliet,  Cornelius  Jr.,  1845 

Van  Vliet,  James  R.,  1856 

Woodworth,  William  W.,  1837 


52  //  i  star  i  cal   N  ote  s  of 

AUGUSTUS  THOMAS  COWMAN 

Vestryman  1837 
Born  1814;   died  September  lc2,  1854 

The  following  notices  give  estimate  of  the  labors  and  gifts 
of  this  devoted  servant  of  the  parish,  whom  we  have  styled 
the  second  Dr.  Bard. 

For  a  long  time  a  member  of  Christ's  Mystical  Body,  Mr. 
Cowman  was  a  thorough  churchman  of  the  old  school,  sound, 
intelligent,  and  devoted.  He  showed  his  faith  by  his  works. 
For  many  years  a  prominent  member  of  the  Vestry  of  S. 
James  Church,  he  was  ever  forward  and  active  in  all  measures 
adopted  for  the  welfare  and  prosperity  of  the  Parish.  He  was 
noble  and  generous  in  all  acts  of  benevolence, — and  blessed,  at 
the  time  of  rebuilding  our  little  church,  a  few  years  since,  with, 
as  he  supposed,  abundance  of  means,  he  liberally  applied  them 
to  this  holy  purpose.  He  bore  at  least  one-half  of  the  expense 
of  this  beautiful  and  church-like  edifice.  In  his  death  the 
Parish  has  lost  one  of  its  most  willing  and  liberal  supporters — 
while  the  poor,  the  sick,  and  the  afflicted  will  long  and  grate- 
fully remember  his  many  acts  of  kindness,  his  ever-willing 
heart  and  outstretched  hand,  to  help,  cheer,  and  comfort  them 
in  their  distress.  Strong  in  the  true  faith,  and  relying  entire- 
ly on  the  mercies  of  God,  through  Jesus  Christ,  he  dies  in  peace; 
and  he  rests,  we  trust,  in  the  paradise  of  God,  where  in  joy  and 
felicity  he  waits  the  consummation  of  his  bliss,  at  the  general 
resurrection  at  the  last  day. 

"At  a  meeting  of  the  Wardens  and  Vestrymen  of  S.  James 
Church,  Hyde  Park,  on  September  3,  1846,  the  following  pre- 
amble and  resolutions  offered  by  Elias  Butler,  Esq.,  were  unan- 
imously adopted: 

Whereas,  at  a  meeting  of  the  W7ardens  and  Vestrymen  of 
S.  James  Church,  Hyde  Park,  on  the  8th  day  of  August,  1844, 
James  Russell,  Augustus  T.  Cowman  and  William  E.  Laight, 
Esq.,  were  appointed  a  committee,  with  full  powers,  to  repair 
the  church  edifice,  and  to  borrow,  on  the  bond  of  the  corpora- 
tion, whatever  money  might  be  necessary  for  that  purpose. — 


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At  (.1  ST1  S  THOMAS  COW  MAN. 


S.  J  antes  C  h  u  r  c  h  53 

Whereas,  the  said  committee,  on  examining  the  building 
and  after  obtaining  the  opinions  of  experienced  mechanics,  as 
may  be  seen  by  their  report  on  the  minutes  of  the  Vestry, 
thought  it  inexpedient  to  attempt  any  repairs  on  the  old  church 
and  resolved  to  erect  a  new  one. 

Whereas,  the  said  committee  have,  by  the  voluntary 
and  generous  subscriptions  of  members  and  other  friends  of  the 
Parish,  rendered  sufficient  by  their  own  exemplary  liberality 
erected    and   completed    the   new   church    edifice;    therefore 

Resolved,  That  the  Vestry  of  S.  James  Church  do  ap- 
prove of  the  course  pursued  by  their  committee,  in  rebuilding 
the  Church. 

Resolved,  That  the  thanks  of  the  Vestry  ;ire  due,  and 
are  hereby  given  said  committee,  for  the  energy,  liberality 
and  good  taste,  with  which  they  have  discharged  the  trust 
committed   to   them. 

Resolved,  Thai  the  Rector  be  requested  to  present  a  copy 
of  the  foregoing  resolutions  to  each  member  of  the  committee. 

Resolved,  That  the  Rector  be  requested  to  procure  some 
suitable  architectural  work,  to  be  presented  by  him  in  the  name 

and  behalf  of    the  Vestry  of   S.  James  Church,  to  A.  T.  Cow- 
man, Esq.,  as  a   testimonial  of  the  sense  entertained  by  this 

corporation,  of  his  great    kindness,  unremitted  exertions,  and 
singular  liberality,  in  drawing  the  plans,  superintending  the 

erection  and  bringing  to  BO  happy  a  completion  our  beautiful 
Church. 

Resolved,  That  the  Hector  be  authorized  to  draw  on  the 
Treasurer  for  the  money  aecessary  to  carry  the  above  resolu- 
tion into  effect. 

Ami  now.  My  dear  Sir,  entirely  sympathizing  with  the  Ves- 
try, in  the  above  expression  of  their  gratitude  to  you,  and  for 
the  reasons  there  stated,  I  have  great  pleasure  in  complying 
with  their  direction  and  requesting  your  acceptance  of  this 
work*  which,  it  is  hoped,  will  prove  interesting  to  you,  as  an 
amateur  architect,  and  serve,  as  a  keepsake,  occasionally  to 
remind  you,  and  yours,  of  past  scenes,  of  the  good  will  of  the 

♦Weale's  Papers  on  Architecture. 


54  Historical   Notes  of 

Vestry  of  S.  James  Church,  and  especially  of  your  friend,  the 
Rector. 

Augustus  T.  Cowman,  Esq.  R.  Sherwood. 

Advent  Season,  1840. 

THE  ORGANISTS 

The  first  organist  of  the  parish  was  a  daughter  of  Judge 
John  Johnston  who  volunteered  her  services.  We  have  no 
record  of  others  who  gave  their  services  during  succeeding 
years  until  it  became  the  custom  of  the  parish  to  employ  an 
organist  on  salary. 

Tradition  reports  that  Miss  Sherwood  played  for  some 
years,  and  also  that  the  Misses  Eliza  Matilda  and  Susan  Maria 
Cowman  served  in  the  same  capacity. 

On  May  9,  1840,  the  vestry  by  resolution  thank"Miss  Parker 
for  the  aid  she  had  so  long  afforded  in  leading  our  choir",  and 
in  1840  they  also  thank  Mr.  James  Van  Vliet  for  forming  and 
leading  the  choir,  and  make  him  the  grant  of  a  pew. 

ELIZABETH  A.  DROM,  Organist  1859-1874,  was  born  in 
Rhinebeck,  N.  Y.,in  the  year  1831.  Her  parents  were  Luther- 
ans and  she  was  brought  up  in  that  church.  In  1830  the  fami- 
ly moved  to  Poughkeepsie  where  she  was  educated,  and  where 
she  sang  in  the  choir  of  S.  Pauls  Church.  Later  the  family 
removed  to  Albany  where  she  studied  both  piano  and  organ, 
having  several  engagements  as  organist  before  the  family  came 
to  Hyde  Park  in  1859,  occupying  the  house  which  is  now  the 
parish  rectory.  She  was  confirmed  by  Bishop  Whittingham, 
acting  for  the  Bishop  of  the  Diocese  in  the  class  of  1859.  Dur- 
ing most  of  her  life  in  Hyde  Park  she  was  organist  at  both 
church  and  chapel.  She  also  taught  in  the  parish  school,  and 
there  are  many  now  living  in  the  village  who  were  her  pupils. 
On  June  20,  1874,  she  married  Mr.  George  Van  Voorihas,  and 
moved  to  Castleton-on-Hudson  where  her  husband  died  in  1900. 

In  1907  she  entered  S.  Lukes  Home  for  the  Aged  in  New 
York  City,  where  she  died  August  9,  1912.  Though  infirm, 
she  retained  her  faculties  to  the  last,  and  had  been  much  in- 
terested in  the  Centennial  Anniversary  and  was  full  of  remin- 
iscences of  the  parish  which  she  loved. 


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JOHN  FRANCIS  GERMOND,  Organist  1874-1909,  was 
born  in  Hyde  Park,  August  17,  1856. 

His  musical  talent  developed  very  early,  so  that  in  the  year 
1874,  at  the  age  of  nineteen,  he  was  chosen  organist  of  the  par- 
ish. In  October,  1891,  he  entered  the  Metropolitan  College 
of  Music  and  graduated  with  honors  in  June,  1893,  with  the  de- 
gree of  M.  C.  M. 

As  a  pupil  of  Dr.  Wm.  Mason,  Dudley  Buck,  and  Albert 
Ross  Parsons,  Mr.  Germond  represented  the  best  in  the  musi- 
cal culture  of  America.  As  a  teacher  of  music  he  was  most 
thorough  striving  to  stimulate  a  high  ambition  and  musical 
taste  in  the  minds  of  his  pupils. 

During  the  years  1897-1898  he  was  Vice-President  of  the 
New  York  State  Music  Teachers  Association.  In  his  tran- 
scriptions and  original  compositions  which  were  chiefly  for 
church  use  he  showed  a  scholarly  intelligence  and  fine  musical 
sensibility.  He  fulfilled  many  commissions  which  added  to 
his  reputation. 

He  was  not  only  zealous  in  his  professional  duties  as  organist 
and  choirmaster,  but  was  a  devoted  son  of  the  church,  deeply 
interested  In  parish  activities.  It  was  his  great  pleasure  to 
gather  and  arrange  (lowers  for  the  altar.  lie  was  always  to 
the  fore  in  connection  with  the  Christmas  tree,  Sunday  School 
picnics  and  the  like.  He  gave  much  Lime  to  the  management 
of  a  boys'  club.  By  his  death,  on  October  16,  1909,  the  parish 
lost  a  most  devoted  servant  and  a  true  interpreter  of  the  ritual 
of  the  church. 

Mr.  Percy  Barnes  served  as  organist  in  the  interval  after 
Mr.  Germond's  death. 

SAMUEL  PRI'YN  FLAGLER,  the  present  organist,  is  a 
son  of  Dr.  John  Ostrom  and  Christina  (  Van  YIeck)  Flagler.  His 
father  was  City  Physician  of  Albany  for  fourteen  years,  and 
having  a  fine  tenor  voice  he  was  for  many  years  leader  of  the 
choir  of  Saint  Peters  Church,  Albany,  while  Dr.  Horatio 
Potter,  later  Bishop  of  New  York,  was  rector.  Samuel  Flagler 
was  born  in  Albany  September  22,  1846.  His  musical  training 
was  received  from  his  elder  brothers,  Edgar  Ostrom  Flagler, 


56  //  i  *  t  u  r  i  c  a  I    N  o  t  e  s  of 

and  Isaac  Van  Vleck  Flagler,  the  latter  a  composer  of  consider- 
able note.  His  first  position  as  organist  was  at  Saint  Pauls, 
Poughkeepsie,  from  which  church  he  went  to  the  Holy  Com- 
forter, playing  there  for  twenty -six  years,  while  Dr.  Crary  was 
rector  of  the  parish.   He  came  to  Saint  James  in  October,  1910. 


THE  SEXTONS 

RICHARD  JENKINS,  Sexton  1822-1857,  according  to  the 
entry  in  the  parish  register  at  the  time  of  his  Baptism,  Decem- 
ber 20,  1829,  was  born  about  "1783". 

He  married  Nancy  Lewis  of  whom  were  born  twelve  chil- 
dren. The  youngest,  and  last  surviving  Mrs.  Catherine 
(Jenkins)  Carl  is  still  living  in  the  parish  and  was  confirmed  at 
the  centennial  anniversary. 

Richard  died  on  September  14,  1857,  and  Dr.  String-fellow 
has  a  note  in  the  parish  register  "Forty  years  Sexton  of  St. 
James  Church,"  though  a  note  in  the  treasurer's  book  states 
that  he  began  work  May  1,  1822.  It  is  quite  possible  that  prior 
to  that  date  he  had  done  the  duties,  though  not  employed  by 
the  year.     Nancy,  his  wife,  laundered  the  surplices  and  linen. 

HARRY  ANTHONY  became  sexton  in  1857  and  served 
until  1866. 

CHARLES  RICCO  became  sexton  in  1866  and  served  until 

1872. 

JOHN  McCURDY  became  sexton  in  1872  and  served  until 

1878 

BENJAMIN  BURROUGHS  DOBBS,  Sexton  1878,  and  still 
Emeritus,  son  of  Peter  Zachariah  and  Ruth  (Burroughs) 
Dobbs,  was  born  in  the  town  of  Hyde  Park,  two  miles  east  of 
the  village  on  November  23,  1824.  When  a  lad  of  eleven  he 
made  his  first  essay  at  farm  work  under  Dr.  Benjamin  Allen, 
from  whom  he  learned  some  valuable  lessons.  His  father 
wished  him  to  have  the  trade  of  a  shoemaker,  which  he  learned 
against  his  taste  and  inclination.     In  January,  1847,  he  enlisted 


Kl<  IIAKI)  JENKINS. 


S.  James  Church  57 

in  the  army  and  followed  General  Scott  throughout  the  Mexi- 
can war. 

On  October  18,  1849,  he  married  Mary  Clarissa  Edwards, 
who  died  in  1884  without  children. 

On  March  2,  1854,  he  enlisted  in  the  First  Cavalry  Dragoons, 
following  Lieutenant  Colonel  Steptoe  across  the  Continent, 
and  he  had  five  years  of  frontier  service  in  Oregon  and  Wash- 
ington. After  the  death  of  his  wife,  his  sister  kept  house  for 
him  in  Hyde  Park,  and  they  adopted  a  girl,  Bertha  Lawrence 
Dobbs,  who  married  and  went  to  California. 

In  1878  he  became  sexton  of  the  church  and  continued  in 
that  duty  until  advancing  years  led  him  to  retire,  in  1900, 
though  lie  still  now  and  again  delights  to  ring  the  church 
bell.  lie  is  a  venerable  and  interesting  figure  in  the  parish, 
and  seated  by  the  open  fire  in  the  reading  room,  charms  the 
younger  generation  with  tales  of  army  and  frontier  life. 

FREDERICK  PERCY  BARKER    became    sexton    upon 

Mr.  Dobbs'  retirement  from  active  duty  in  1900  and  served 
until  190S. 

JOHN  DELANCEY  WICKER,  the  presen!  sexton,  entered 
upon  his  duties  in  1903.  Be  is  a  son  of  John  Peter  and  Adeline 
(Baker)  Wicker,  having  been  born  July  ,'■'•,  1867,  He  wras 
trained  as  a  Borisl  and  practical  gardener,  bu1  considerations 
of  health  made  it  necessary  for  him  t<>  give  up  greenhouse  and 
all  inside  work,  and  he  took  lhi>  position  as  so  large  a  pari  of 
lii>  duties  is  the  care  <>t'  the  churchyard.  He  married  Septem- 
ber 1,  1SSS,  Antoinette  Pultz  Schry ver. 


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THE 

CHURCHYARD 

AND 

GOD'S  ACRE 

the 

MEMORIAL  TABLETS 

AND 

WINDOWS 


Dr.  Samuel  Hani  gave  the  ground  for  the  Church  which  in- 
cluded a  knoll  where  were  buried  the  bodies  of  sonic  of  his  kin. 
Dr.  Hosack  later  gave  ground  north  of  the  Church  for  the  rec- 
tory.    The  acreage  has  been  still  further   increased  by  gifts 

of  land  from  Mr.  Walter  Langdon,  and  Mr.  Frederick  \Y. 
Vanderbilt,  and  in  1910  a  fine  stonewall  was  built  at  a  cost  of 
>ix  thousand  dollars,  on  three  sides  of  the  God's  Acre,  leaving 
the  roadway  frontage  without  fencing. 

The  bodies  of  many  men  and  women,  notable  in  days  past 
for  Christlike  traits  of  personal  character,  for  usefulness  in 
public  service,  and  some  of  them  illustrious  in  civil  and  social 
life,  lie  in  the  hallowed  ground  of  this  beautiful  spot,  while  the 
walls  of  the  church  within  are  so  covered  with  memorial  tablets, 
that  one  has  called  Saint  James,  the  Westminster  Abbey  of 
this  section  of  the  State. 


00  Historical    Xotes  of 

In  addition  to  the  tablets  reproduced  in  plates  following,  there  are 
on  the  walls  of  the  church  memorial  tablets  to  the  following  persons, 
some  of  which  it  was  impossible  to  photograph  clearly. 


e^aturfn  Livingston 

17G8-1847 

Margaret 

WIFE  OF  MATURIN  LIVINGSTON 
ONLY  CHILD  OF  MORGAN  LEWIS 

1780-1800 

atcfn&alD  Rogers— anna  pierce  pentileton 

1793-18.50  1797-1883 

MARRIED  MAY  18,  1820 

Eatolius  £otonDes-®ertruOe  Livingston 

1801-1897  180.5-1883 

3fulia  Livingston  LotonDes 

WIFE  OF  WILLIAM  JAMES 

1829-1875 

jfrances  £$arfa  penMeton 

DAUGHTER  OF  JOHN  JONES 
WIFE  OF  EDMUND  HENRY  PENDLETON 

1800-1870 

Q^aturin  Livingston 

GRANDSON  OF  MORGAN  LEWIS 

1810-1888 

£©arp  Livingston  LotonDes 

1831-1893 

l^enrp  ^fceaff  jj>opt 

18.53-1900 


THE  I  III  RCHYARD  I,<u>KIN<;  SOUTHWEST 


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S.  James  Church  CI 


IN  MEMORY  OF 

raillmm  BarO 

BORX  APRIL  4,  1778  DIED  OCTOBER  17,  1833 

THIS  TABLET  IS  ERECTED  AS  A  TRIBUTE 

OF 

FILIAL  REVERENCE  TO  A  FATHER, 

WHO  FAITHFUL  TO  DUTY,  WARM  AND  CONSTANT 

IN  FRIENDSHIP  AM)  DISTINGUISHED 

FOR 

LOVING  KINDNESS  AND  GENTLE  COURTESY, 
SUSTAINED  HIMSELF  AMIDST  THE  URGENCIES 

OF 

MANHOOD  WITH  INTEGRITY  UNSHAKEN 

AND 

WITH  HONOR  UNBLEMISHED,  DYING  AS  HE  HAD 

LIVED  IN  THE  COMMUNION  OF  THE  CHURCH 

AND  IN  THE  FAITH  AND  LOVE  OF  CHRIST. 

FIDETE  YIRTUTI 


Note — It  was  found  impossible  to   photograph  the  Wm.  Bard  Tablet. 
The  inscription  is  given  above. 


62  II  i  s  t  o  r  i  e  a  I   X  ote  s  o 

THE  MEMORIAL  WINDOWS 

The  six  memorial  windows  bear  the  following  inscriptions: 


IN  HONOR  OF  GOD 

AND  TO  THE 

PIOUS  MEMORY 

OP 

George  IftucclanO 

WHO  DEPARTED  IN  THE  FAITH 

ANNO  DOM.     1850.    AGED  3G 

MAY  GOD  HAVE  MERCY 

Fanny  his  wife  caused  this  window  to  be  set  up. 


IN  MEMORY  OF 

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ERECTED  BY  THE  MEMBERS 

OF 

ST.  JAMES  CHURCH 


TO  THE  MEMORY 

OF 

Reuben  ^fcertoooD.  D.SD. 

WHO  WAS  FOR 
21  YEARS  THEIR  RECTOR 


S.   NICHOLSON   KANE 


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GIVING  THANKS  TO  GOD 
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OF 

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JULY    10,  18-28     DEC.  8,  1900 


64  //  t  8  torieal   Notes  of 

THE  CENTENARY  SERVICES 

October,  1911,  was  allowed  to  pass  without  notice  of  the  Cen- 
tenary other  than  the  printing  of  an  article,  prepared  by  Miss 
Leonora  Sill  Ashton  from  her  father's  historical  notes,  in  the 
Poughkeepsie  Sunday  Courier  of  October  8.  This  was  due 
to  Dr.  Ashton's  death,  and  the  fact  that  the  vestry  did  not 
wish  to  undertake  a  celebration  while  the  parish  had  no  rector. 

At  the  vestry  meeting  on  March  11,  1912,  it  was  determined 
to  observe  a  belated  centenary  on  October  12,  and  13,  1912, 
and  committees  were  appointed  to  carry  out  the  proposals. 
(See  Note  page  5.) 

On  Saturday,  October  12,  at  six  a.m.,  the  Rector  celebrated 
the  Holy  Communion,  fourteen  persons  being  present  and  re- 
ceiving the  Sacrament.  At  eight-thirty  a.m.,  the  Rev.  Frederick 
Turner  Ashton,  son  of  the  late  Rector,  was  celebrant  at  a  sec- 
ond service  when  fifteen  persons  made  their  communions. 

At  ten-thirty  a.m.,  parishioners  and  friends  and  descend- 
ants of  families  connected  with  the  parish  in  1811  and  later, 
gathered  to  the  number  of  one  hundred  and  fifty. 

Of  clergy  there  were  present  the  Reverend  Edwin  E.  Butler 
of  Morristown,  N.  J.  (son  of  Elias  Butler,  Esq.,  and  son-in- 
law  of  Dudley  B.  Fuller  Esq.,  both  vestrymen  for  many  years), 
the  Reverend  Frederick  Turner  Ashton,  the  Reverend  George 
Bailey  Hopson,  D.D.  (whose  wife  was  a  granddaughter  of 
Judge  John  Johnston  of  the  first  vestry),  the  Reverend 
Frank  Heartfield,  who  had  officiated  frequently  after  Dr. 
Ashton's  death;  the  Reverend  Edward  Clowes  Chorley,  of 
Garrison;  the  Reverend  Richard  Clinton  Searing,  of  West 
Park;  the  Reverend  James  C.  Elliott,  of  Newburgh;  the 
Reverend  Frederick  Ernest  Whitney,  of  Newburgh;  the  Rev- 
erend H.  Curtis  Fichen,  Pastor  of  the  Dutch  Reformed 
Church  of  Hyde  Park;  and  the  Reverend  Joseph  White 
Naramore,  Pastor  of  the  Methodist  Church  of  Hyde  Park, 
with  the  rector. 

A  procession  was  formed  at  the  vestry  room  door  led  by  the 
clergy,  the  present  vestrymen  following,  behind  whom  came 
the  choir  with  Mr.  Harold  Stambaugh,  of  Poughkeepsie  cornet- 


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ist,  who  led  the  singing,  the  congregation  following.  Beside 
the  marching  column  were  boys  bearing  baskets  of  flowers 
which  were  used  for  the  decoration  of  graves.  Messrs.  Elmer 
Oakley  Wigg  and  Cecil  Hugh  Halpin  acted  as  ushers.  The 
choir  at  this  and  other  services  of  the  Festival  consisted  of  the 
following  persons,  Mr.  Samuel  Pruyn  Flagler  being  organist 
who  had  been  assisted  in  the  preparation  of  the  music  by  Mr. 
Harry  Schoudel  Bock  of  Poughkeepsie. 


THE   CHOIR 


THE  MISSKS 

Laura  Baker 
Blanche  Elisabeth  Bilyou 
Alice  Trent  Brij 
Lillian  Frampton 
Anna  Belle  Jones 
Alice  Kniina  Kidney 
Grace  Maud  k'illmer 
Aduella  Elvira  Killmer 
Maud  Briggs  Murphy 
Clara  Denny  T  raver 


THE  MESSRS. 


Douglas  Martyn  Crapser 

Arthur  Sterling  Halpin 
Samuel  Wood  Hover 

Levi  Sterling  Hover 
Ernest  Thomas  Killmer 
Irving  Peter  Killmer 
I  [orace  Freeman  Masten 
Henry  M\  era 

( 'liarles  ( 'lenient   Ward 

Henry  Albert  Wicker 


The  hymns  sung  were  number  US,  "O  God  OUT  help  in  ages 

past,  our  hope  for  years  to  come";  Dumber  S91,  "Lei  Saints 
on  Earth  in  concert  sing  with  those  whose  work  i-  done"; 
number  .">!)!»,  "Lights  abode,  celestial  Salem";  Dumber  H4, 
"Guide  me.  ()  Thou  great  Jehovah";  Dumber  397,  "Oh,  what 
the  joy  and  the  glory  musl  be,  those  endless  Sabbat  hs  l  lie  bless- 
ed ouo  see";  Dumber  248,  "On  the  resurrection  morning  -<>nl 

and  body  meet  again";  and  number  893, "Lo,  what  a  cloud  of 
witnesses   encompass    US   around". 

Halts  were  made  at  the  group  of  graves  surrounding  that  of 
Dr.  Samuel  Hard  and  Mary  Hard  his  wife,  near  which  lies  the 
body  of  Dr.  McVickar  the  first  rector,  where  prayers  were  said, 
and  at  the  grave  of  General  Morgan  Lewis  near  which  lie  the 
bodies  of  Samuel  Roosevelt  Johnson,  Reuben  Sherwood  and 
Amos  Turner  Ashton,  former  rectors,  where  concluding  prayers 
and  the  benediction  were  said. 


G6  Historical    Notes  of 

By  this  time  the  morning  train  from  New  York  had  arrived 
bringing  the  Rt.  Rev.  the  Bishop  of  the  Diocese,  the  Venerable 
Win.  II.  Pott,  Archdeacon  of  Westchester,  the  Rev.  Sturges 
Allen,  Father  Superior  of  the  Order  of  the  Holy  Cross  (a  de- 
scendant of  both  the  Allen  and  Fuller  families),  the  Reverend 
Samuel  Smith  Mitchell  of  Trinity  Parish,  New  York,  and  many 
more  friends  and  descendants  of  former  parishioners,  making  a 
congregation  of  two  hundred  and  twenty-six  persons,  of 
whom  forty  received  the  Blessed  Sacrament. 

Bishop  Greer  celebrated  the  Holy  Communion,  with  the  Rev. 
Edwin  E.  Butler  serving  as  Gospeler,  and  the  Rev.  Frederick 
Turner  Ashton  as  Epistoler.  Adlam's  Service  in  F  was  sung, 
with  Gounod's  "Praise  ye  the  Father"  as  the  anthem,  and  the 
hymns  were  numbers  491,  "The  Church's  one  foundation," 
417,  "O  God  of  Bethel,  by  Whose  hand  Thy  people  still  are 
fed",  453,  "Praise  to  the  Holiest  in  the  height",  484,  "We  love 
the  place,  O  God,  wherein  Thine  honor  dwells",  and  Stephen's 
Te  Deum  in  C  was  sung  as  a  hymn  of  praise  in  place  of  the 
Gloria  in  Excelsis. 

At  the  conclusion  of  the  Service,  Bishop  Greer  took  a  seat  at 
the  chancel  steps,  and  the  rector  made  announcement  that 
no  historical  sermon  had  been  preached  because  of  the  volume 
of  material  which  would  appear  in  this  book,  and  because  of  the 
desire  to  make  the  celebration  chiefly  a  devotional  function  of 
praise  and  thanksgiving.  He  then  read  the  following  letter 
from  Dr.  Cady,  who  by  reason  of  the  infirmities  of  his  eighty- 
five  years  was  not  present. 

Ridgefield,  Conn. 
September  25,  1912. 

My  Dear  Mr.  Newton: 

I  am  much  obliged  to  you  for  your  letter  of  recent  date,  and 

for  the  renewed  kind  invitation  you  extend  to  me,  asking  me  to 

be  present  at  the  interesting  services  in  commemoration  of  the 

Consecration,  one  hundred  years  ago,  of  the  Church  in  Hyde 

Park. 

I  do  wish  I  could  be  with  you  and  with  your  parishioners  on 

that  occasion:  but  my  physical  infirmities  will  not  permit  me 

to  follow  my  inclination. 
As  to  my  writing  a  paper  of  reminiscences,  I  have  given  the 

matter  a  good  deal  of  thought,  and  find  that  if  I  once  begin  I 


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S.  James  Church  67 

could  not  escape  writing  in  extenso.  I  should  begin  of  course, 
with  the  Father  of  the  Rev.  Mr.  Butler.  He  was  one  of  the 
noblest  men  I  have  ever  met,  a  man  of  the  highest  principles,  a 
devoted  Churchman  and  a  devout  Christian,  of  fine  presence 
and  courtly  manners,  in  whose  hospitable  home  I  was  entertain- 
ed for  at  least  a  fortnight  upon  my  coming  to  Hyde  Park  as 
Rector.  Then,  I  should  have  to  dilate  upon  the  names  of  the 
other  members  of  the  Vestry,  such  as  Mr.  James  Roosevelt, 
Mr.  N.  P.  Rogers,  and  others,  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Langdon,  of  the 
Lowndes  family,  of  Mrs.  Hoyt  and  of  Mr.  Hughes,  Senior  War- 
den. I  would  also  have  to  mention  the  names  of  later  friends, 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Archibald  Rogers,  Mrs.  Newbold  and  her  chil- 
dren, of  Dr.  Hopkins,  and  many  others.  Among  these  latter 
I  might  name  Mr.  Dobbs,  a  man  for  whom  I  have  the  highest 
respect,  and  great  gratitude  for  his  services  as  a  faithful  work- 
man for  a  term  of  years  both  as  Sexton  of  the  Church  and  in  my 
employment  on  the  Rectory  grounds.  The  organist,  during 
my  incumbency,  was  Mr.  John  Germond,  known,  I  surmise, 
to  most  of  those  who  will  be  present  at  your  commemorative 
celebration.  He  was  a  very  accomplished  musician,  and  so  de- 
voted to  his  work  that  I  repeatedly  failed  to  induce  hiin  to 
spend  a  Sunday  in  New  York,  that  he  might  hear  the  music  in 
Trinity  Church,  and  in  other  churches  with  highly  trained 
choirs.  And,  Further,  he  Boon  became  an  intimate  personal 
friend,  and  I  got  to  love  him  dearly.  May  bis  soul  rot  in 
peace! 

Besides  these  whom  I  have  named,  there  were  in  the  parish 
three  or  four  individuals,  men  ami  women,  now  deceased,  who, 
to  use  the  familiar  term,  were  "characters" — oddities  in  speech, 
in  manner  ami  in  actions,  who  while  never  annoying  me.  were 
sources  of  great  ami  constant  amusement.  What  anecdotes  i.f 
their  amazing  peculiarities  I  could  relate!  As  you  will  per- 
ceive, my  paper  would  run  to  an  inordinate  length. 

And  now,  I  ask  of  you,  my  dear  Mr.  Newton,  to  explain  to 
your  assembled  people  and  gaestswhyl  am  not  with  them,  and 
uhy  I  cannot  prepare  such  a  sketch  of  my  rectorate,  as  I  would 
have  to  write  if  I  once  began  its  composition. 

My  years,  as  Hector  of  the  Parish,  were  very  happy  ones.  I 
did  not  have  a  solitary  bit  of  trouble  with  the  Vestry  or  with 
any  members  of  the  Congregation.  All  soon  got  to  trust  me 
and  to  cooperate  with  me,  to  put  in  my  hands  all  the  funds  I 
asked  for,  or  was  supposed  to  need  without  my  soliciting 
them,  for  the  work  of  the  parish  and  for  external  charitable 


68  Historical   Xotes  of 

and  religious  objects.  I  hail  ha<l  larger  parishes,  but  not  one 
when-  everything  moved  so  smoothly  and  efficiently.  I 
could  narrate  a  curious  story  about  my  election  as  Rector  of 
your  parish;  but  I  must  forbear. 

I  shall  very  gladly  comply  with  your  request  for  my  poor 
prayers  in  behalf  of  the  Class  for  Confirmation.  I  may  add 
that  in  a  table  of  Intercessory  Prayer  I  have  prepared  for  daily 
private  use,  on  Mondays  I  always  pray  for  S.  James,  as  well 
as  for  the  other  parishes,  I  have  served. 

Believe  me  very  faithfully  and  appreciatively,  your  brother 
priest  in  the  Great  High-Priest, 

P.  K.  Cady. 

Portions  of  a  letter  from  the  Reverend  George  B.  Johnson, 
son  of  the  Reverend  Samuel  Roosevelt  Johnson,  D.D.,  who  was 
unable  to  be  present  were  read,  as  follows: 

"From  my  earliest  childhood  I  have  had  associations  with  Hyde  Park. 
I  vividly  remember  my  grandfather  Judge  Johnston,  though  I  was  not 
three  years  old  when  he  died.  After  my  uncle  removed  from  Hyde 
Park,  I  used  still  to  be  there  often  when  my  brother-in-law  Dr.  Purdy, 
was  Rector.  It  was  a  special  pleasure  to  have  spent  the  first  summer  of 
my  diaconate  at  Hyde  Park  with  Dr.  Cady.  Once  a  few  year;  before 
my  brother  Allen's  death  we  spent  a  day  together  at  Hyde  Park,  went 
through  the  churchyard,  noting  the  many  graves  of  relatives,  and  said 
Evensong  together  in  the  Church." 

The  following  minute  was  read  from  the  officers  of  the  Dutch 
Reformed  Church  of  Hyde  Park,  whose  organization  antedated 
the  establishment  of  S.  James  parish  some  twenty  odd  years, 
and  with  whom  our  people  worshipped  when  they  did  not  drive 
to  Poughkeepsie  to  old  Christ  Church. 

To  the  Rector,  Wardens  and  Vestrymen  of  Saiiit  James  Parish, 
Hyde  Park: 

At  the  regular  monthly  meeting  of  the  Consistory,  of  the 
Reformed  Church  of  Hyde  Park,  it  was  unanimously. 

Resolved,  That  we,  as  Pastor.  Elders  and  Deacons  mani- 
fest our  fraternal  affection  and  convey  to  you  our  sincerest 
congratulations  upon  the  occasion  of  your  hundredth  Anni- 
versary. 

We  rejoice  with  you  in  your  long  existence  under  the  guid- 
ance o['  the  Holy  Spirit.     Honor  with  you  the  Grace  of  Cod, 


CHRISTOPHER   HUGHES,  3d. 


S.  James  Church  69 

in  making  such  a  unique  Centennial  possible.  Our  prayer  is, 
that  your  church  may  thrive  in  the  future  as  it  has  in  the  past ; 
prosper  in  everything  pertaining  to  the  Kingdom  of  God;  and 
be  blessed  of  the  Only  Wise  God,  our  Father's  God,  our  God, 
Who  will  be  our  Guide  even  unto  death. 

Done  in  Consistory  this  4th  day  of  October,  19H. 

H.  Curtis  Ficken, 
Benjamin  H.  Haviland,  President. 

Clerk. 

The  rector  then  read  a  cablegram  from  one  of  the  vestrymen 
James  Roosevelt  Roosevelt,  Esq.,  who  was  in  Scotland, 
"Much  regret  absence.     Best  wishes." 

After  the  singing  of  hymn  472,  "0  Come,  loud  anthems  let 
us  sing,"  Mr.  Edwin  Barnes  Hughes  of  Staatsburgh  read  the 
following  sketch: 

It  gives  me  great  pleasure  to  say  ;i  few  words  at  this  time 
regarding  the  early  history  of  S.  Margarets  of  Staatsburgh, 
which  as  you  all  know  is  a  child  of  S.  James.  Your  fatherly 
care  in  our  infancy  led  US  along,  and  as  we  grew  stronger,  en- 
abled us  to  stand  alone  and  become  a  parish. 

In  the  forties,  Dr.  Sherwood  conducted  evening  services  at 
the  home  of  Isaac  Russell,  the  Staatsburgh  Postmaster,  and 
later  used  the  waiting-room  of  the  railway  station. 

In  1858  the  frame  chapel  was  built  through  the  interest  and 
liberality  of  Mr-.  Margaret  Lewis  Livingston  and  others.  At 
that  time  it  was  just  the  village  chapel  for  any  one  desiring  to 

hold  services,  and  was  also  used  lor  entertainments.   Mr.  Hoyt, 

the  Presbyterian  clergyman  from  Pleasant  Plains,  served  in 
the  winter,  and  Dr.  Purdy  in  summer.  Dr.  Purdy  also  came 
for  the  Christmas  service  lor  the  children,  and  was  said  to  be 
one  of  the  few  men  who  could  speak  to  children  and  interest 
them.  The  Methodists  also  had  their  weekly  prayer  meetings 
in  the  Chapel. 

Dr.  Ziegenfuss  from  Rhinebeck  served  for  some  time  while 
still  in  the  Lutheran  Church,  and  he  was  followed  by  Dr.  Parks, 
now  of  S.  Bartholomews,  New  York.  Then  came  seminary 
students,  and  one  winter  a  regular  clergyman. 


70  Historical   Notes  of 

The  mission  had  been  steadily  growing,  and  the  Methodists 
had  built  their  own  church,  when  Rev.  Chas.  L.  Short  was 
called  as  Curate  to  Dr.  Cady  and  given  charge  of  the  work. 

Parish  organization  was  effected  April  15,  1S812,  and  the 
Chapel  was  consecrated  by  Bishop  Horatio  Potter  the  same 
year.  The  cornerstone  of  the  new  stone  church  was  laid  in 
May,  1891,  and  it  was  consecrated  by  Bishop  Henry  C.  Potter 
in  October,  18D8.     The  frame  chapel  is  now  the  village  library. 

I  might  say  that  my  family  has  been  very  closely  associated 
with  S.  James  Parish  from  its  beginning.  My  Great  Grand- 
father, Christopher  Hughes  the  second,  being  one  of  the  origi- 
nal vestrymen,  and  my  grandfather,  Christopher  Hughes,  3d, 
a  vestryman  for  44  years  and  warden  27  years. 

The  bodies  of  most  of  my  family,  including  my  three  pater- 
nal grandfathers  and  my  father,  lie  here  in  the  churchyard. 
I  am  the  last  man  of  our  line  and  I  hope  there  may  be  room  for 
me  also. 

I  think  this  celebration  on  the  completion  of  your  first  cen- 
tury is  most  fitting  and  appropriate,  and  your  Rector  is  de- 
serving of  great  credit  for  its  successful  carrying  out. 

Let  us  hope  that  your  two  hundredth  anniversary  may  be 
marked  in  this  same  auspicious  manner. 

Bishop  Greer  then  spoke  words  of  counsel  and  congratula- 
tions to  the  congregation. 

At  the  conclusion  of  these  exercises  the  congregation  ad- 
journed to  the  churchyard,  where  upon  a  table  were  displayed 
some  of  the  archives  of  the  parish;  the  original  subscription 
paper,  which  is  reproduced  after  page  16,  the  deed  to  the  prop- 
erty from  Dr.  Samuel  Bard  and  Mary  Bard,  the  Bible  used 
prior  to  1839,  the  folio  Prayer  Book  and  Bible  of  1839,  the 
Communion  silver  etc.  Upon  the  table  were  also  laid  circular 
letters  of  greeting  to  Dr.  Cady  and  Mrs.  Amos  Turner  Ashton, 
which  were  signed  by  an  hundred  and  fifty  or  more  people,  and 
for  which  letters  of  appreciation  were  received  from  Mrs.  Ash- 
ton and  Dr.  Cady.  The  letter  said  in  part,  "I  was  completely 
overcome  by  the  receipt  of  the  paper  sent  to  me.  I  cannot 
express  my  feelings  of  pleasure — my  dissolving  emotions — 
when  I  read  the  opening  lines  of  it,  and  next,  the  names  ap- 


INWOOD     THE   FIRST   RECTOR'S   lloMK. 


I',I)\YAK1>   PEARSONS   NEWTON. 


4  ►*4° 


S.  J  ame  s  C  hurch  71 

pended  to  them.  What  memories  these  last  evoked!  What 
kindnesses  they  recalled,  and  what  enduring  impressions! 
Will  you  be  good  enough  to  convey  my  very  sincere  thanks  for 
it". 

Later  a  memorial  oak  was  planted  on  the  site  of  the  old 
rectory,  Bishop  Greer,  the  clergy,  vestrymen,  friends,  great- 
grandchildren of  first  parishioners  (including  those  of  Dr. 
McVickar  who  set  out  an  hundred  years  ago  trees  now  of  mas- 
sive size  which  adorn  the  lawn),  all  casting  in  a  spadeful  of 
earth. 

Open  house  was  kept  by  all  parishioners,  and  visiting  friends 
were  taken  home  to  luncheon. 

During  the  afternoon  a  ball  game  was  played  on  the  village 
field  between  the  Crumwold  Hall  and  Vanderbilt  nines,  in 
which  the  latter  were  the  victors. 

The  Hon.  Francis  G.  and  Mrs.  Landon  held  an  afternoon  tea 
from  four  to  six  at  "Mansewood",  originally  "Inwood",  the 
home  of  Dr.  McVickar,  built  at  the  same  time  as  the  church 
and  thus  the  first  day  of  the  celebration  closed  most  auspiciously. 

Sunday  again  we  were  blessed  with  fine  weather.  Many  of 
the  clergy  and  friends  had  left,  some  remained.  The  Rev. 
Win.  Thomas  Manning,  D.D.,  Elector  of  Trinity  Church,  New 
York,  and  the  Rev.  Richmond  Herbert  Gesner  of  Oswego, 
N.  Y.,  rector  from  1887  to  1890  had  arrived  to  spend  the  second 
day  with  US.  Morning  Prayer  was  said  at  eight  o'clock,  fol- 
lowed by  the  Holy  Communion,  the  Rev.  R.  H.  Gesner  being 
celebrant,  nine  persons  receiving  the  Sacrament. 

At  eleven  o'clock  a  congregation  of  two  hundred  and  ninety- 
five  persons  crowded  the  church  to  its  utmost  capacity,  addi- 
tional seats  being  brought  in  and  the  vestry  room  also  being 
utilized.  There  were  present  in  the  chancel  with  the  Bishop 
of  the  Diocese,  Dr.  Manning,  the  Reverend  R.  H.  Gesner,  the 
Reverend  F.  T.  Ashton,  the  Reverend  Frank  Heartfield  and 
the  rector,  and  the  Reverend  Roland  Cotton  Smith,  D.D., 
rector  of  S.  Johns  Church,  Washington,  D.  C,  was  seated  with 
the  congregation.  Dr.  Manning  said  the  opening  office  of 
collects,  after  which  Bishop  Greer  preached  the  sermon  from 
Saint  Matthew  22:32,  "God  is  not  the  God  of  the  dead  but  of 


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II  i a  tori c  a  I  Notes  of 


the  living,"  a  convincing  sermon  on  immortality,  expressing 
faith  in  the  present  state  of  life  of  our  blessed  dead,  developing 
the  evolutionary  hypothesis  beyond  the  limits  of  the  grave  and 
pointing  the  train  of  thought  with  special  reference  to  this 
Centenary  Anniversary.  The  hymns  used  at  this  service  were 
numbers  509,  "Soldiers  of  Christ  arise";  416,  "A  tower  of 
strength  our  God  doth  stand;"  378,  "Come, Thou  Holy  Spirit, 
Come";  289,  "Come  Holy  Ghost  our  souls  inspire"; 505,  "Fight 
the  good  fight  with  all  thy  might";  and 395,  "Those  Eternal 
bowers  man  hath  never  trod." 

The  anthem  was  "If  ye  love  Me,  keep  My  commandments" 
by  James   Coleman. 

The  rector  presented  forty-seven  persons  to  receive  the  Lay- 
ing on  of  Hands,  a  large  class  as  there  had  been  no  Confirma- 
tion in  the  parish  since  November  15,  1908.  As  the  class  of 
this  Centenary  Anniversary  will  be  an  historic  one  their  names 
are   here   given. 


Aldrich,  Elting  Victor 
Baker,  Laura 
Barrett,  Daniel 

Archibald  Raymond 
Blakely,    Anna  Louise  (De  Groff) 
Carl,   Catherine  (Jenkins) 
Cudner,  Estella 

Ethel 
\De  Groff,  Arthur  Sleight 

Grace  Emelia(M'Cord) 
Henry  Sleight 
Theodore  Hopkins 
Deyo,   Allen  Ronald 

William  Henry 
Foster,   Edward  Staring 

Percy 
Golden,  John  Watson 

Thomas 
Halpin,  Arthur  Sterling 

Cecil  Hugh 
Horrocks,  Gertrude  May 
Laura  Deyo 
Percival  Samuel 


Hover,  Levi  Sterling 

Linwood  Bond 
Howard,  Elisabeth  Stuyvesant 

Thomas  Howard 
Jackson,  Herbert  Ensign 
Jones,  Anna  Belle 

Ralph  Lyman 
Kipp,  Carlton  George 
McCord,  Mary  Sleight  (Wigg) 
Murphy,  Genevieve 

Maud  Briggs 
Myers,    Ralph  Willard 
Plain,    Joseph 
Plog,  Frank  Edward 

Lawrence  Theodore 
Riley,   Archibald  Rogers 
Schaffer,  Mildred  Claire 
Schryver,  Henry  Brown 
Stoutenburgh,  George  Rutherford 
Tillou,  Edwin  Braman 

Julia  Ethel 
Ward,  Charles  Clement 
Wigg,    James  Albert 


RICHMOND   HKRMKRT  GESNER. 


S.  James  C  h  u  r  c  h  73 

Bishop  Greer  used  on  behalf  of  the  rector,  a  portion  of  the 
"Office  of  Institution  of  Ministers  into  Parishes  or  Churches", 
as  it  had  been  the  usual  custom  in  Saint  James  parish  to  have 
its  clergy  "Instituted". 

At  eight  o'clock  Evening  Prayer  was  said  in  Saint  James 
Chapel  by  the  Reverend  Frederick  Turner  Ashton,  the  rector 
reading  the  lessons.  The  Reverend  Richmond  Herbert  Ges- 
ner  preached  to  a  very  large  congregation,  the  doors  into  the 
reading-room  being  thrown  open  and  a  portion  of  the  congre- 
gation seated  therein.  He  closed  the  service  with  prayers  and 
the  Benediction.  The  hymns  used  were  numbers  491,  391, 
417   and  418. 

After  the  service  the  congregation  passed  out  through  the 
reading-room  in  order  to  greet  their  former  rector  and  other 
friends.  Thus  closed  a  very  happy  celebration  of  the  hundred 
years  passed,  filled  with  hallowed  memories,  and  with  spiritual 
joy  and  stimulus  for  days  to  conic. 

It  had  been  made  the  occasion  for  certain  gifts  to  the  parish, 
to  wit ; 

Sedilia  of  black  walnut,  to  which  is  attached  a  plate  bearing 
the  following  inscription: 

"1811—1011" 

Made  from  a  tree  grown  on  the  Germond  place;  tin'  gift 
of  James  Roosevelt  Roosevelt,  commemorative  of  the  Cente- 
nary Anniversary  of  the  Consecration  of  the  Firsl  Parish 
Church." 

Eucharistic  Candlesticks,  bearing  the  inscription;  "Cen- 
tennial St.  James  Church,  Hyde  Park-on-Hudson,  Octo- 
ber 12,  1911,  presented  by  Louisa  Matilda  Gerry  in  loving 
memory  of  her  late  father,  Robert  James  Livingston.  Inter- 
nal rest  grant  him  O  Lord,  and  let  light  perpetual  shine  upon 
him". 

And  of  white  altar  hangings  from  Mrs.  Frederick  W.  Yan- 
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APPENDIX 

The  Sunday  School  records  cover  the  years  18-23  to  1833  only,  pre- 
senting the  following  figures: 

1823 
1824 
1825 
1826 
1827 
1828 
1829 
1830 
1831 
1832 
1833 

As  the  names  of  that  period  are  of  interest  to  many  the  list  of  teachers 
and  scholars  is  herewith  given  in  alphabetical  order  without  specifying 
the  years  during  which  each  one  served. 

TEACHERS 

I  A  young  man  teaming  a 
trade,  who  changed  his  plan 
of  life,  and  entered  the 
mini 

f  First  wife  of  Jared   Sparks,  the  his- 
Allell.        I' ranees  1  torian   and    essayist,    who    left    a 
I  daughter,  who  died  young. 

•John 

•Sons   and  daughters  of   William  and     *Julia  /  jIaATied,tl}ooSev'  Wm'  H'  Chan"ln«' 
Maria    (Verplanck)    both  of  John-  i  d.  Dec.  7.  1889. 

ston  descent.  Mary 

♦William 

Bard,  *Arm       Married  Edward  Prime. 

♦Daughters    of    Wm.    and    Catharine*Caroline        Died  unmarried.  1883. 

(Cruger).  *Eliza  Married  Rufus  King  Delafield. 

*Susan  Married  Ferdinand  Sands. 

Daughter  of  Dr.  Samuel  Bard,  who  madcc  »  . 

her  home  after  her  parents  death  with&USan  Alary 
her  cousin,  Judge  Pendleton. 

(Son  of  Cyrus  B.  and  Mary 
(Fenno)  Braman.  merchant  in 
New  York.     b.  1815.        d.   1876 

Collins,   Mary  Elisabeth  (  g^wK"™  Br°Wn' 
Montgomery 

Sons  and  daughter  of  Squire  Patrick  B.  t  He    wa3  many    years 

and  Catharine  (de  Cantillon).  D  at   r»  i       one  of  the  leaders  in 

Perry  McDonoilgh      the  Pacific  R.R.  enter- 
(  prise. 


7G  Historical   Xotes  of 

Congdon,    Alary      Married  Isaac  L.  Carpenter. 

f  Daughter   of     Henry    A. 
I  and    Magdalena    Coster. 

Mr,  Coster,  her  mother  n,     „_        AJ„l:„„    ^^  :  ^SSTfgSSSSSi 

window  in  Grace  Church, 
N.  Y.,  is  erected  to  her 
memory. 


irs.  coster,  ner  motner  m.     /-.      .  \   i   r.        T?      M 

2d  Dr.  David  Hosack.  Coster,     Adeline   Lmilv 


Dyer,  Catharine      Married  Rev. Cornish. 

Fenno,  Mary 

GJKKo     GolK.  /  Daughter  of  Uriah  and  Lucy  (Townsend) 
1DDS,  Sail^  y  Gibbs.     Married  James  Russell. 

Hale,  Augustus 

f  Married   Dr.  Henry  D.  Paine,  of    New- 
Eliza     {  burgh.     Later  of   Albany,     b.   1816.     d. 
1855. 


Sons   and  daughters   of  Elisha  and 
Chloe-  Henry  Elisha 


Evelina 

Henry 

Julius 

Hinchman,  John     Son  of  William. 

TT^lk-^^l,    'C^V,_„:»^.  /  Retired     merchant,     of     New 

Holbrook,  Ephraim  [  York  who  owned  Belfield 
Holmes,    Catharine 

Alary      Maid  to  Susan  Mary  Bard. 

[  Daughter  of  David  by  his  first  wife. 
Hosack,  Emily  \  Married  Dr.  John  Kearney  Rodgers. 
I  d.  April  12,  1893. 

Hubbell,  William  S. 
Johnston,  David 

Flisihpth  /  Married       Rev.      Samuel 

JMlsaDein  |  Roosevelt  Johnson. 

Euphemia         Died  unmarried. 
John         Became  a  sea  captain. 

S°Susaand(Bard)hterS   ^   ^^   ^^   ^     Magdalena        m.  Wm.  M.  Jenner. 

Alary  E.         Died  unmarried. 
Samuel  Bard 

Daughters  of  Josiahand  Mar-  T  t,,. 

garet  who  owned    the  prop-  L-awrenee,  .Lliza 

1   chaypeUlPn°onw  ^^  *""  Euphemia     Married  Wm.  B.  Cutwater. 

Lent,  Catharine 


THE  (MI)  FRAME  CHAPEL,  STAATSBURGH. 
Converted  into  Reading  Room. 


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S.  J  am  e  s    Church  77 

Levins,  Stephen 
McClelland,  Thomas  {  5?5  of  tAle*anc*"-  an  artist 

,  ^  j.cio  1  ^j  portrait  painter. 

Cl         -M    r»      u  /  ^PJ1   ?f    Dr-    Hunting    and    Margaret 
onernll,  Kusll  •   (Mulford).     Later  a  merchant  in  New 
I  York. 

Smith,  Julia         Married  Jacob  W.  Nelson. 
Daughters  of  Stephen  Smith.  Lucy       Married  Samue,  ^ 

f  Married      her      cousin, 
Ward,   Deidamia  Belinda    EHtfSft»0?frl£ 

I  83d  year. 

Williams,  Ehenezer 
Son  of  William  Prince  Williams.  Walter 

SCHOLARS 

Allen,  Ann 
John 
Margaret 
Mary 
Rachae] 
Robert 

Anns,   Lydia 

Anderson,  William 

Atkins,  Abram  R. 

Bacchus,  Charlotte  Blectra 

Badgeley,  Alethea 
I    irnelia 

Baker,  Eminelinc 
Sarah 

Banker,  Ellen 
Daughters  of  William.  Sarah  C. 

Bard,  Eliza 
John 
Sons  and  daughters  of  William.  Marv 

Susan 

William  Henry  {  gf£  at  Santa  Cruz>  Apri1, 


78 


//  i  8  tori  c  (I  I    .V  0  t  ('  8   of 


Probably  daughters  of 
Elisha,  a  wheelwright. 


Barnes,  Cornelia  Jane 
Hester  .Maria 

Bates,  Martha 

Bayley    Betsey  Ann 
( 'ntliarine 
Philip 

Beach,  Caroline 
Charles 

Beardsley,  Cornelia  Jane 
Diana 

Besimere  Ezekiel  Guernsey 
Milton 
William 

Bills,  Catharine 

Bird,  John  W. 

Loran  Grant 
Sally  Ann 

Blake,  John  Hinehman 


Probably   daughter     and     son   of      Boganlus,  Caroline 
Philip,    who   managed   a   hotel  „ 

where  the  post  office  now  is.  Lieorge 


Daughters  and  son  of  Cyrus. 


raman,  Catharine  (  1890  aged  8L 
Phoebe 
William 

Broadhead,  Mrs. 


Children  of  Henry  B. 


Bush,  Commodore  Decatur 
Commodore  Perry 

#■¥-*  /  m.    Chas.    R.    Macy.       Removed     to 

fcmnla  I  Michigan. 

♦Twins.  Margaret 

*MarV     rn.  Chas.  Spoor,  of  Michigan. 

Robert 
Sarah 

Butler,    Ann  Eliza 
Jane 
Mary 


Cable,  Eliza 


INTKUIOK  OK  S.   MARGARETS  CHURCH,  STAATSBURGH. 


S.  James  Church 


79 


Carman,  Joel  B. 

Theodore 

Carter,   Anna  M. 
Hiram 
Josiah 
Marshall 
William 

Case,  Catharine 

Casey,  Eliza  Ann 

Chew,  Butler 

Churchill,     Anna  .Maria 


Possibly  sisters.     If  so  Ann  was  a  favorite        t   „„   «_ 
familv  name.  OSilU    . Villi 


family  name 


Sarah  Ann 


m.    Dakin.     When    a 

widow  "Mrs.  Dakin"  was 
the  most  fashionable  milliner 
in  Poughkeepsie,  on  Liberty 
St.  Her  father  was  a  miller, 
the  mill  being  below  the  last 
dam  on  Crum   Elbow  creek. 


Clarke,    Ann 
Eliza 
Mary 

Collins,   JacohllS      Son  of  Patrick  B. 

James 

Montgomery 
Terry  McDonough 

Congdon,  Alvah 

Jane 
Mary 

Connover,  Harriet 

Conklin,   Elizabeth 

Copeman,  Margaret  Ann 

Cox,  Cyrus 

Margaret 

Daughter  of  Stephen  and  Esther  \r.,t;i,lo    /  m.  John  H.  Miller.     Removed  to  Sara- 

(Holbrook).  IViaillcia    j  toga  Co 

Susan 

Craft,   Eliza 
Crocker,  George 


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80  Historical   Notes  of 

Crofoot,   Cordelia  Ann 

Stephen  Edward 

Cronkhite,  John 

Rensellaer 
Smith 

Niece  of  Mrs.  Wm.  Bard.  Cruger,  Henrietta 

Culver,  Abram  Alonzo 
Catharine 
Nathaniel  Green 
William  A. 

Cummings,  Tobias 

Davis,  Eliza 

Julianna 

Dayton,   George 

DeBoise,  Frank 

DeCantillon,  John 

Richard      d.  1888  at  Nyack,  aged  78. 
Mary 

DeGroff,  Betsey 

Jane  Ann 
Margaret  Sr. 
Margaret  Jr. 
Polly 

Delamater,  Belden 

Catharine  Louise 

Son  and  daughters  of  Benjamin.  Perry 

Susan  Caroline 

Daughters  of  Matthew.  Denyke,    Delia    {  m^ eh'a  Ten  Eyck)  "  m-    Harvev  c- 

Eliza 

Devoe,    Ann      Daughter  of  David. 

Augustus 

Caroline      Daughter  of  David. 
Catharine  Ann 
Charles     Son  of  David. 
Cornelius 


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INTKMIOK  OF  SAINT  JAMES  CHAPEL 


S.  J ame s  C hurch  81 

Dickinson,   Mary 

Dobbs,   Benjamin  Burroughs    See  p.  58 
David  E. 
John  Henry     Tailor  in  Poughkeepsie. 

Donaldson,  Eliza  Ann 

Downing,  Magdalena 

Edwards,  Clarissa       Married  B.  B.  Dobbs. 
George  Progue 
Henry  D. 
Julia  Content 
Lydia 
Bobert  Theodore  { ciwornkf0rtUne  in 

Ellison,  Jane 

Martha 
William  Dewall 

Grandson  of  Cyrus  Braman.    Ellsworth,  Cyrus 

Filkins,  George 

William  Henry 

Daughterof  John,  who  kept      Forman>   Mary  Augusta 

Fowler,   Sarah  Jane    m.  Rev.  Lewis  Lansing.  Baptist. 

Fret-man.    Tobias 

Fiinnan.  Abigail 
Phoebe 

Gallagher,  Catharine 

Garrison  Adelaide 

( lharlea  Henry 

<  liristina 

n;„„„  /  rn.   Harry   Anthony,    sexton    of  S. 
ISiana  [  James. 

Henrietta 

Jane  Ann 

Glauton,  Bracchy 
Bridget 

Maria 


82 


Historical   N otes  of 


Godkin,  Washington 
Golden,  Jane  H. 

Son  of  shipbuilder  at  mouth      #1— _J_:_1,     C.,,,...l 

of  Crura  Elbow  Creek.  Goodrich,  Samuel 

Green,  Christina 

Flora 
Sarah 
Susan  Mary 


"Griffen  Griffen"  was  long  sex- 
ton of  the  Dutch  Reformed 
Church.  He  was  several  times 
married.     These  are  his  children: 


Griffen,  Allan 
David 
Elizabeth 
Emma 
Hiram 
Jamima 
Jane 
Phylissa 
Susan  Mary 

Hadley,  Jane 

Hannah 
Sally  Ann 

Hale,  Augustin 
Eliza 

Harper,  Jeremiah  E. 
William 

Harrison,   Jane  Ann 

Hendrickson,  William 

Hewett,  Mary 

Hinchman,  Mary  Ann    m.  Gilbert  Brewster. 

Holmes,  Catharine 
Mary 


Son  of  John  R. and  grandson     U11(Tl,#>s.     \,,Hi<niv  ft 
of  Capt.  Christopher  (1st).     nuglies,  AnttlOIiy  13. 

Hutchins,  Caroline 
Maria 

S°Capt.  Lemuel'.  grandS°n  °f  Hyde,    James  L.      d.  1836,  aged  29. 


Daughter  of  Wm. 


X. 


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— « 
/ 


/ 


S.  James  Church  83 


Jaoacks, 

John  W. 
Mary 
Sarah  Ann 
William  Henry 

Jackson, 

Abram 
Ephraim 
Hannah  Maria 
Jacob 

Jenkins, 

*Charles 

ildren  of  Richard  and  Nancy. 

*Griffin 

*Henry 

*Mary 

Nancv    Wife  of  Richard 

Richard  Sr.  Sexton. 

*Richard  Jr. 

Johnson 

,  Cornelia 
Henrietta 
Louise 

of  Rev.  Samuel  R. 

Peter  Roosevelt 
Susan  Mary 

Johnston,  David 

Sons  of  Judge  John.  William    Bard.  |  igyg"  aged  6™*' 

^judie  John°iS  Upt°n'  and  grandson  of         John  Wil liamson 

Jones,  Blisha  C. 
Eliza 
Elizabeth 

drnrU'-   W. 

I  >a  belle 

Jacob 
James  II. 

Jane 
Son  of  James  M..  hotelkeeper.  John  B. 

Biaigaret 

Marian 
Mary 
Nancey 
Rachael 

Smith 

Eaton,  Isaac 

Tobias 

Keefer,  John  II. 


84  Historical   Xotes  of 

Kipp,  Jane  Eliza 

Kramer,   George  D. 

Lane,  Angelina 
Sally 

Lattimore,   Ellen 

f  m.  Samuel  Knox.     b.  1817.    d. 
(Latimer?)        Eineline  •   1N.VJ.       Prominent    in    Christ 
I  Church,  Poughkeepsie. 
Daughters  of  Jehial  and  Abigail.  Jane  Ann 

Children  of  Josiah.  Lawrenee,  Edgar 

Euphemia 

Lent,  Catharine 

Levins,  Stephen 

Lewis,  Charles  C. 

Lynch,  Phoebe 

Mansfield,  Hannah 

Marshall,  Bart  let  t 
Julia  Ann 
Maria 

Martin,  Benjamin 

Children  of  Prime  or  Primus  Martin.         Eliza 

Mary  Ann 
Sally 
Sarah  Ann 

Montgomery  Frank 

McAuley,  Mary  Ann 

McCurdy,  Daniel 
Hiram 
John 

McNamy,  Mary  E. 

Daughter  of  Rev.  John.  McVickar,  Fanny     m.    George  Kneeland. 

Ni-lxnn     Flivi     [  m.  Chas.  D.  Jacobs,  1829.     Lived  at 
iMl.SOn,    JUlza    jsaugerties. 

Probably  children  of  George.  Samuel 

!Long  bookkeeper  for  the  old 
shipping  house  of  N.  L.  Mc- 
Cready  &  Co..  N.  Y.  d.  in 
Brooklyn,  June  21,  1875,  aged 
62. 


35 


/. 


x. 


S.  James  Church  85 

Odell,   Elizabeth 

Ogden,    Andrew 

Oliver,  Isaac 

Ormuch,  Margaret 

Parker,    Eliza  Belinda   m.  Augustus  Beadle. 
Helen  Maria  m.  A.  D.  Lent. 
John     d.  1892. 

Mary  Cordelia  {  ™ttRev-  Benj"  C'  LirPin- 
Thomas  E. 

Parsons,   Catharine  Maria 
Paulding,  Alfred  D. 


Daughter  of  Nathaniel  Greene 

Nate  MU8BhowresJUd8e    *******»*>    Susan  L. 


Daughter  of  Andrew. 


Son  of  Andrew. 


Philips,  Abigail 
Asa  M. 
Eliza 
Ezra 

Henry 
Jolm  Y. 

Prague,  George 

Henry 

Purdy,  Alexander 

Quackenbush,  Artemas  {Seton""  f°r  Judge  Pen" 
Lucy 

Rapilyea,  Maria 

Ray,  Edward 

Relyea,  Ruby 

Riddles,  Frederick 
Jane 
Peter 
Pliylissa 

Ring,  diaries 
Rolinian,  Alphonso  G. 


86 


Historical   Note  a  of 


Rose,  Highland 
Luanda 
Philip  Oscar 

RT     .  :„„    /  Her  father  established  a  silk  mill 
ouniage,  Louisa  {  on  Crum  Elbow  Creek. 

f  m.  Virgil  Angevine, 

Rowland,   Frances  Teleboshei  long  postmaster  at 

{  Hyde  Park. 


Sons  and  daughter  of  John      Rviliph,     George 
and  Lavinia.  John 

Racliael 
William 

Salters,  Betsey 

Sarles,  Mary  Elizabeth 

Schaeffer,  Mary  Ann  C. 

Schryver,   Hannah 

Seaman,  Nelson 
Sarah 


on-  tt      -i     /  Cousin  of   Rev.  J.  A.  Spencer,     m. 

Selkrigg,   Emily  (      Horace  J.  Haviland. 

Shaw,  Sukey 

r,,         .  tt,  i  if  Had  finest  peach  orchard  in  the 

Shernger,  Edmund  { COUnty. 

Mrs.  Ursula  (Meyers) 


Daughter  of  Capt.  John. 

Son  of  Mrs.  U. 

Daughter  of  John  Myers. 

Sherrill,    Maria 
Sons  and  daughter  of   Dr.  Hunting.  Mary 

Piatt  d.  in  N.  Y.,  March  18.  1893,  aged  73. 

Rush 


Probably  children  of  Stephen,   Ch.>rW(Ulfl    F.nVnr 
cooper,  at  the  landing.  OntrWOOCl,  rxigar 

Cyrus 
Lavina  Ann 
Lorenzo 


Shepherd,  Frances  Sophia 

oi      l      T         if  Probably  Jacob  T.  Sleight,  who  di 
black,  Jacob    [  N-  y.,  March  26.  1893.  aged  83. 

Sleight,  Caleb 

Jane  Ann 
Man- 


died  in 


Slowder,  Alfred 


S.  James  Church  87 


Smith,  Agnes 

Annie  C. 
Hannah 
Daughter  of  Levi.  Olive 

Samuel  L. 

_,  _,  T  m.  Rev.  Mr.  Benton,   missionary 

bpencer,    Caroline     to   Greece,  afterwards  of   Rock- 
„  [  fish,  N.  C. 

Daughter   and  sons  of  Capt.  Reuben  and  t-,  ,     . 
Mary    (Eames)  she  being  daughter  of  Ilidwin 
Capt.   Jesse    Eames,  a  soldier  of  the  trorlr,. 

Revolution.  rienry 

Jesse  Ames  {^icR^.];A-s--D-D-'of 
Reuben 

Stiles,  William  H. 

Stoutenburgh,  Anna    { ^f  25?"  StUrges"    d' 1845> 

Son  and  daughter  of  Wm.  L.  and  Mary  rp,     j^  m'..    ,    10--         j  i* 

(Dutton).  1  nomas  DeWltt  d.  ISoo.  aged  36. 

Teller,  Ann  Eliza 
Probably  all  children  of  Theodoras,  of    r>        1  • 
"Teller's  Hill."  Caroline 

Jaminia 

William 

Thompson,  Christina 

Traver,  Abram 

<  aniline 

Lansing 
Lydia 

Margaret 
Robert 

William 

Travis,  Abram 

Susan  Ann 

William 

Tut  tie,   Aaron 
Ada 

Aniaziah 
Betsey  Ann 

James  Francis 
Sarah  J. 
William  S. 

Van  Antwerp,   John 

Van  Waggener,  Maria 
Patty 


88  Historical   Xotes  of  S.  J ames  Church 

Yickar,  Martin      Probably  Wicker 

Wall,  Jane  Amanda 

Weaver,   John 

Weed,  Pendleton      Became  a  Methodist  minister. 

Westfall,  Catharine 
Edwin 
Harvey 
Lucinda 

Whitcomb,  Lucinda 

White,  Ann 

James  Henry 

Wiest,  Hiram 

Wigg,  Daniel      Blacksmith. 

Williams,  George  (Staatsburg) 
George  (Hyde  Park) 
Son  of  Wm.  P.  Henry  Walter 

James 
Marian 
Mary  Ann 
Susan 
W7illiams 

Wood,  Richard 

Wooden,  Barbara 

Woolheiser,  Henry 

Wright,  Hannah 
Elizabeth 

Cl?Hyde)0f  JameS  L"  3nd  FranC6S      ^mes  Harvey 

John  Vail 
Martha 
Mary 


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